Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeeder.randori.com!news.randori.com!b482fd1f!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why learn Lisp References: <7b8f89d6.0208251650.debf5d6@posting.google.com> <3d6a062d.172584433@newsvr> <3d6b57e0.259035583@newsvr> From: Craig Brozefsky Message-ID: <87y9ar6679.fsf@piracy.red-bean.com> Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@randori.com - Please include ALL headers, thanks. Organization: Randori News - http://www.randori.com - Fast, High Retention, Low Cost! Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 02:56:25 GMT zi...@netvision.net.il (Ziv Caspi) writes: > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:02:32 +0000 (UTC), Kaz Kylheku > wrote: > [...] > >Cruft like semicolons and commas is largely replaced by whitespace. > > Yes, that's the point. Commas, semicolons, parens, braces in C provide > a larger diversity than parens and whitespace alone. This makes it > more difficult to parse, much more difficult (if not impossible) to do > the type of things people use LISP macros for, etc. But it also makes > it easier on the human eye to read. What is the source for your assertion that it is easier for the human eye to read more diverse syntax? I don't really have a hard time with any of the syntaxes, although ML and Haskell can give me a headache at times. -- Sincerely, Craig Brozefsky Free Scheme/Lisp Software http://www.red-bean.com/~craig