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I don't know Lisp, that being said, for most of the languages on this list I can look at a program written in them and basically understand them. With Lisp I'v
by mikeryan 16y ago
I don't know Lisp, that being said, for most of the languages on this list I can look at a program written in them and basically understand them.
With Lisp I've found this rarely the case. I've also found this with many Perl programs as well, and I've actually worked professionally with Perl.
Of course YMMV
- KirinDave 16y ago“With Lisp I've found this rarely the case. I've also found this with many Perl programs as well, and I've actually worked professionally with Perl.” Why not? You can understand haskell programs but not lisp programs?
- alnayyir 16y agoHe can't understand Haskell, it's just more aesthetically pleasing upfront, so I'd hazard a guess that the analysis is shallow.
- KirinDave 16y agoI was gonna say. Haskell can be an incredibly dense language with a lot of patterns you have to know to effectively read it. Lisp should be much less dense by comparison.
- mikeryan 16y agoPoint taken - there are several on this list where I've spent pretty much zero time with.