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Re:Why I Program in Lisp by apgwoz on Friday April 11, 2025 @11:19AM (#43654842)
, is typically “unquote.” Clojure is the only “mainstream” Lisp that allows , as whitespace. Has meaning in CL and Scheme.
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Re:Why I Program in Lisp by kazinator on Friday April 11, 2025 @04:50PM (#43658395)
Ancient LISP (caps deliberate) in fact had optional commas that were treated as whitespace. You can see this in the Lisp 1 Programmer's Manual (dated 1960).

This practice quickly disappeared though. (I don't have an exact time line about this.)

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Re:Why I Program in Lisp by eyelidlessness on Friday April 11, 2025 @05:39PM (#43658918)
My mistake!

That’s what I get for not double checking… well… basically anything I think during my first cup of coffee.

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