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> "objectively simpler" is just false. You might prefer it, but that doesn't mean it is simpler. I meant in terms of the complexity of the code needed to parse
by lisper 4y ago
> "objectively simpler" is just false. You might prefer it, but that doesn't mean it is simpler.
I meant in terms of the complexity of the code needed to parse them. In that respect they are clearly objectively simpler. The entire field of parser theory exists entirely because of non-sexpr syntaxes. Parsing sexprs is an elementary exercise.