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Yeah, I totally agree with the sentiment of the article. While Lisp my have been cool in the 80s, it's not the 80s anymore and nobody wants to write AST directl
by zaro 9y ago
Yeah, I totally agree with the sentiment of the article.
While Lisp my have been cool in the 80s, it's not the 80s anymore and nobody wants to write AST directly.
No matter how powerful the technique , it's way too low level for the modern world.
- frou_dh 9y agoPecking out the ASCII tokens and punctuation of mainstream languages isn't a 'high-level' experience either. Syntax is way down the list of difficult things in the craft of programming, compared to properly understanding problem domains, internalising techniques for robustness, etc.