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>Yes, and that's self selecting. No, people could just use their style. We've seen that in some subgroups. Often for example with AutoCAD users scripting in Au
by lispm 4y ago
>Yes, and that's self selecting.
No, people could just use their style. We've seen that in some subgroups. Often for example with AutoCAD users scripting in AutoLisp / VisualLisp.
> consistency isn't a virtue on its own. You could be consistently doing it wrong. :-)
Consistency is a virtue on its own. Consistent coding standards improve readability for a wider group, even if the coding standard would be slightly less optimal according to some other metrics.
- xscott 4y agoHelping people cooperate is a virtue. You're confusing the means with the ends, and it's very likely that the OP I first responded to above does not find the Lisp-consistent style very readable, so it didn't enable his cooperation. They made a point of saying, "I can look at blurry C code and know generally what things are and what’s going on without a single character being legible." That sure seems like their problem with Lisp is layout/formatting.
- kazinator 4y ago> Helping people cooperate is a virtue. Oh, is that what you're doing?
- lispm 4y ago> it's very likely that the OP I first responded to above does not find the Lisp-consistent style very readable, so it didn't enable his cooperation. I can't find that in his post.
- xscott 4y agoHe wrote: "I can look at blurry C code and know generally what things are and what’s going on without a single character being legible. Lisps don’t typically have the same convenience"