Re:Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming langu...
by brlewis on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:04AM
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I didn't end up with ))))))))) in Scheme because it was easy to create smaller functions. I do see rust ending with
In TypeScript I'll often find myself ending blocks of code with
I'm having fun with TS, but I do miss the parentheses. They were simpler.
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Re:Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming langu...
by HexDecOctBin on Thursday February 15, 2024 @09:36AM
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1. Lots of small functions lead to code in which bugs often hide in plain sight, see this old memo by John Carmack: http://number-none.com/blow/john_carmack_on_inlined_code.htm...
2. Scheme is better than Common Lisp when it comes to Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parenthesis, since declaring a variable in Scheme (using 'define') doesn't create a new nesting like it does in Common Lisp (using 'let').