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It probably gets used about the same amount as the other languages, it's just that the parentheses get used an insane amount and outweigh all the other characte

It probably gets used about the same amount as the other languages, it's just that the parentheses get used an insane amount and outweigh all the other characters.

waterlesscloud 14y ago
It might be more interesting to see these with the vowels factored out.
- waterhouse 14y ago
  ~ $ curl -s 'http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/paulgraham/onlisp.lisp' | egrep -o '.' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr 18641 3277 ) 3276 ( 2561 e 2159 a 1934 s 1903 r 1672 n 1661 t 1477 l 1380 o 1287 c 1282 d 1067 p 1064 i 1030 m [...] Without vowels: 18641 3277 ) 3276 ( 1934 s 1903 r 1672 n 1661 t 1477 l 1287 c 1282 d 1067 p 1030 m 929 f 852 b 654 , 601 g [...]
  - nathan_long 14y ago
    > 3277 ) > 3276 ( My first thought: 'unmatched paren?' But I bet there's a smiley face on that page somewhere. EDIT: If there is, I don't see it.
    - ordinary 14y ago
      (let ((rpar (get-macro-character #\) ))) Escaped. :)