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> If mainstream lisp dialects used square brackets instead, we'd all be programming in it! You've almost convinced/nerd-sniped me to write a(nother) new lisp w
by embedding-shape 11mo ago
> If mainstream lisp dialects used square brackets instead, we'd all be programming in it!
You've almost convinced/nerd-sniped me to write a(nother) new lisp where we'll be using brackets for forms and lists and no parenthesis in sight. It's a wild theory.
- oifjoijoifj 11mo agoIt's just a reader macro, parse out quotes, other reader macros, then replace [ -> (, ] -> ) in the rest and throw into (read).