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by tabtab
2654 days ago
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C itself is not the pinnacle of programming languages in my opinion. JavaScript does require a "function" keyword (although it should be shortened to "func" in my opinion.) It still stands that "}" indicates larger-scale structures than ")" in C-like languages. Lisp has nothing equivalent, and I find a visual way to identify forests versus trees without first reading text is quite helpful. Your eyes may vary; everyone's head works differently. But as evidence people agree with me, lisp had roughly 60 years to try to catch on as mainstream. It didn't. Nothing had more opportunities. If you don't win any beauty contests after 60 years, it's time to admit you are probably ugly to the average judge. |
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prog, let, defun all indicate block structures.
> Your eyes may vary; everyone's head works differently
No, it's just training. You are just unfamiliar with Lisp code. After a few days training, you should have little problem reading Lisp code. It's like bicycle riding: people can't believe that it is possible to balance it, but after a few lessons it's no problem.
That's an old saying:
'Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days.' (Marvin Minsky)