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Hard to believe we had the right answer in 1960 yet are still afraid of the parens as an industry.

• ericmoritz 15y ago
  (we (are (very (afraid)))
  • MetallicCloud 15y ago
    )
    • guelo 15y ago
      :)
  • irahul 15y ago
    More like (afraid (very (are (we)))) or clojurish: (-> we are very afraid)
    • lani 15y ago
      Master Yoda called, he wants his cool back
  • jhuni 15y ago
    (declare (very-afraid? we))
• danking00 15y ago
  To be clear, the parent post is referring to the invention of LISP. As a side note, for those who don't know, JavaScript shares a number of features with LISP/Scheme. JSON has the trappings of the very LISPy idea of "Data = Code". It doesn't quite live up to it though. Now, if we only had a parenthesized syntax for JavaScript...
  • ricardobeat 15y ago
    You can write "lispy" code with CoffeeScript, if you're feeling looney: (afraid (very (are (we)))) is valid syntax.