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I know this is a joke, but I remember when I was learning LISP I was SOO WORRIED about that and couldn't possibly fathom how I was going to actually be producti
by ChicagoBoy11 3y ago
I know this is a joke, but I remember when I was learning LISP I was SOO WORRIED about that and couldn't possibly fathom how I was going to actually be productive with it.
I don't remember now, but it wasn't AT ALL the big issue that I initially anticipated. I just mention it, because your comment made me realize that I also don't understand WHY it wasn't an issue!
- nurettin 3y agoSyntax highlighting and indenting probably makes matching parentheses a non-issue.
- Smoosh 3y agoIf only those were universally available. And well implemented.
- gunapologist99 3y agoThere are lisp coders who don't use emacs? or vim?
- kazinator 3y agoIn which widely used language do you not have to indent, or match parentheses, brackets and braces? An editor that cannot match parentheses, brackets and braces, or auto-indent in at least a rudimentary way is not very usable for working in anything.
- 12_throw_away 3y ago> it wasn't AT ALL the big issue that I initially anticipated LMK if you figure out why! Because whenever I'm refactoring in a bracket-heavy language, it's almost guaranteed that, every so often, the parser starts throwing syntax errors, and I need to stare at something like `)]})})` for a while. What tooling am I missing that can prevent this from happening? I use auto-formatters and rainbow bracket colorizers whenever possible, and they're great! But in no way prevent this from happening.