Re:Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming langu...
by thaumasiotes on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:00AM
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> Ohhh... that's Forth. And you don't need brackets at all...
You still need them if you want variadic functions. Symmetrically, you don't need parentheses in lisp if you don't want variadic functions, as long as you're willing to draw an explicit distinction between calling a function and referring to it.
You might as well just make that distinction by using the parentheses, though.
You still need them if you want variadic functions. Symmetrically, you don't need parentheses in lisp if you don't want variadic functions, as long as you're willing to draw an explicit distinction between calling a function and referring to it.
You might as well just make that distinction by using the parentheses, though.