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Re:Python with Braces by smsm42 on Monday July 08, 2024 @12:25PM (#40906772)
S-exp is an interesting idea. Technically they are human readable, and certainly would be processable by text tools, with some effort. Lisp maps to S-exps very well obviously but I wonder if the same amount of synergy can be achieved in the language that is not aimed at that at the start, or it will just become a binary dump with extra steps instead. Definitely would be interesting for somebody to try.
Re:Python with Braces by masklinn on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:14PM (#40907227)
> Lisp maps to S-exps very well obviously but I wonder if the same amount of synergy can be achieved in the language that is not aimed at that at the start

But lisp did not aim for that from the start, as the GP hinted McCarthy intended S-expressions as a data description form, m-expressions were supposed to be the executable language.