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S-exp is an interesting idea. Technically they are human readable, and certainly would be processable by text tools, with some effort. Lisp maps to S-exps very
by smsm42 2y ago
S-exp is an interesting idea. Technically they are human readable, and certainly would be processable by text tools, with some effort. Lisp maps to S-exps very well obviously but I wonder if the same amount of synergy can be achieved in the language that is not aimed at that at the start, or it will just become a binary dump with extra steps instead. Definitely would be interesting for somebody to try.
- masklinn 2y ago> Lisp maps to S-exps very well obviously but I wonder if the same amount of synergy can be achieved in the language that is not aimed at that at the start But lisp did not aim for that from the start, as the GP hinted McCarthy intended S-expressions as a data description form, m-expressions were supposed to be the executable language.
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