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Lisp is a lot of fun and easy to start with. Don't be afraid by all these nasty (()) and weird (+ 4 5) operations , it will make sense quite fast. They aren't
by skylan_q 13y ago
Lisp is a lot of fun and easy to start with. Don't be afraid by all these nasty (()) and weird (+ 4 5) operations , it will make sense quite fast.
They aren't as ugly as XML ;)
This was a great read convincing me so: http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html
I prefer:
(defun add(a b)
(+ a b))
Over:
<defun name="add"><params><param>a</param><param>b</param></params>
<+><a></a><b></b></+></defun>
(Or some variant thereof)
Any day. The article above improved my understanding and appreciation of Lisp(s) but it made me dislike Java even more than what I already had!