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This thread has been yet another fruitful contribution to the language wars. There seems to be something inherent in us that feels the need to turn our tools i
by drunkpotato 17y ago
This thread has been yet another fruitful contribution to the language wars.
There seems to be something inherent in us that feels the need to turn our tools into our religion. It's not terribly productive.
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- pilif 17y agono. but fun. SCNR is an old usenet acronym and stands for "sorry. could not resist". I was a) being sarcastic and b) just making fun for the list crowd. I totally agree that if the parens issue is a non-issue for you and you feel comfortable and productive writing lisp code than go ahead. In fact, I have the utmost respect for people able to wrap their heads around that syntax.
- stcredzero 17y agoIf you really think "wrapping your head around" the almost non-existent syntax of Lisp is a reason to respect someone, then I suggest you might delve a little further in your CS/programming studies and find many more wonderful and interesting things. For the true rockstar coder "wrapping your head around" any reasonable syntax should be a triviality.
- ewjordan 17y agoFor the true rockstar coder "wrapping your head around" any reasonable syntax should be a triviality. Never had the dubious pleasure of trying to decipher another person's APL code, eh? Then again, you did say "reasonable"...
- stcredzero 17y agoYou don't have to tell me about APL syntax. For our senior year CS project, we implemented APL with unlimited precision arithmetic. Wrapping your head around APL wins my respect. Lisp? You get a pat on the head for that, maybe.