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I've enjoyed messing around with Lisp, but for me the uniformity of the syntax makes it harder to reason about - everything looks the same, big blobs of parenth
by QuadrupleA 5y ago
I've enjoyed messing around with Lisp, but for me the uniformity of the syntax makes it harder to reason about - everything looks the same, big blobs of parenthesis.
That's part of its appeal, but also a big part of its downfall I think - other languages can utilize a wider "Ascii spectrum" and represent different things in lexically different ways, making it easier to distinguish at a glance.
- amackera 5y agoI think this makes sense. Double-edged swords make for powerful tools. I like to think you can make a DSL for any situation, but it's not like I've actually done that in practice hah.