Re: PostLisp, a language experiment

From: Alexander Repenning (ralex_at_cs.colorado.edu)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: 11 Mar 2005 07:24:34 -0800

Ulrich Hobelmann wrote:
> IMHO the worst thing in Lisp is its many parentheses. []
> If you want to chain several functions [..] in Lisp this looks like
(foo (bar (baz bla)))

I don't know what is causing the sudden and utterly bizarre parentheses
paranoia. The claim about Lisp using many parens is old and false. Most
popular procedural languages would require you to rewrite your
expression:

foo (bar (baz (bla ())))

8 versus 6 parens: Lisp wins!

If you look at more interesting examples don't forget to count "{" and
"}" as well ...

Alex

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