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Core: APPLY IF IFNOT LAMBDA PROG QUOTE SETQ Derived: LET LABELS COND AND OR QQUOTE LOOP I was curious how quickly I could change the source to lowercase sym

Core: APPLY IF IFNOT LAMBDA PROG QUOTE SETQ Derived: LET LABELS COND AND OR QQUOTE LOOP I was curious how quickly I could change the source to lowercase symbols. It turns out that all Lisp symbols are already lowercase in the C source, and all Lisp source is lowercase. The only uppercase is in the documentation. A nod to us "thawed out of glaciers" elders who actually remember old Lisps?

nils-m-holm 8y ago
A nod, a habit, and pragmatism. Many LISP books and manuals I have read reproduced code in upper case. Then, upper case is a simple way to make keywords stick out in prose.
- Syzygies 8y ago
  Yes, but to some not yet seduced by Lisp, it reads like Bernie Saunders just texted "GET OFF MY LAWN!"
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Not when one is used to Wirth languages, which used caps to differentiate keywords on teletypes that only had one font type. Caps for keywords was the first use of syntax "highlighting". :)
    - sitkack 8y ago
      I want to believe that Bernie Sanders uses LISP.