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I'm not convinced that block structure and indentation are primary readability factors, just noting that Lisp programmers established conventions to address tha
by silentbicycle 16y ago
I'm not convinced that block structure and indentation are primary readability factors, just noting that Lisp programmers established conventions to address that problem long ago.
- Locke1689 16y agoThat's fair. I'm not saying Python's way is better or Lisp's way is better. I'm a long-time Python programmer but I'm also working on the Racket code base. I was simply pointing out a difference in philosophy, not taking sides. I mostly believe that the debate is a minor stylistic one and there are trade-offs in both directions. This is fundamentally similar to the way I see arguments for and against Python syntactical whitespace vs. Ruby-esque blocks.