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Re:Why I Program in Lisp by no_wizard on Friday April 11, 2025 @01:50PM (#43656493)
It's due to Polish notation[0] as far as I understand it. This is how that notation for mathematics works.

I suppose my suggestion would break those semantics.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_notation

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Re:Why I Program in Lisp by DadBase on Friday April 11, 2025 @02:18PM (#43656752)
Aye, Polish notation sure. But what he gave me wasn’t a lecture, it was a spell.

Syntax mattered less than rhythm. Parens weren’t fences, they were measures. The REPL didn’t care if I understood. It played anyway.

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