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If you're not chasing market share for commercial purposes, do you really want to cater to those who are put off by s-expressions if you personally enjoy them?
by BeFlatXIII 5y ago
If you're not chasing market share for commercial purposes, do you really want to cater to those who are put off by s-expressions if you personally enjoy them?
- leephillips 5y agoProbably not. But I’m guessing that the people who created LuaTeX prefer Lua. And maybe, if you wanted to create a scriptable TeX that would be usable by the typical TeX user, a language like Lua makes more sense than a Lisp. Those users tend to be scientists and mathematicians, and just anyone who needs to make good-looking documents; most are not familiar with Lisp and would find it more difficult to learn than Lua.
- bccdee 5y agoIf you're making a tool for people to use, it's probably best to use a syntax that most people are comfortable with. UX doesn't only matter to corporations.