p_nathan

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1. 61.▲
   by p_nathan 16y ago

   Agreed. I tend to make sure that side-effects are limited to some "block" of code (function/class/module/whatever). I just don't see the problem with syntax much anymore - Python syntax bugs me - a language's usability for the practitioner
2. 62.▲
   by p_nathan 16y ago

   I'm not convinced that Common Lisp is designed to be side-effect free (nor am I convinced that side-effects are an ideal to attain^H^H^H avoid, oops). Even Haskell has side-effects - just pushed into Monads.
3. 63.▲
   by p_nathan 16y ago

   Lisp is considered a language with a high strength in prototyping. I'm not sure why you think it's a write-only language. I like Lisp because it is wholly unambiguous in visual syntax. That is not something I find in languages such as Perl,