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Re:Python indentation: very nice explanation for the curious... by brlewis on Friday September 21, 2007 @01:34PM (#58007)
There are plenty of ways to represent a Lisp parse tree without using parens. The only thing is, by the time you know Lisp well enough to implement one, you've begun to like the parens.
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Re:Python indentation: very nice explanation for the curious... by michaelneale on Saturday September 22, 2007 @02:57AM (#58278)
Totally true. Plus you can have editors "present" the lisp tree however you like to see it (ie "whitespace" or parens !). Although I practice, I don't know if anyone really writes code without the parens (for the reason you say).
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