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You underestimate the cognitive burden of resolving syntactic ambiguity with non-lisp languages. So many problems disappear with s-expressions that when I retur

by drewr 4y ago

You underestimate the cognitive burden of resolving syntactic ambiguity with non-lisp languages. So many problems disappear with s-expressions that when I return to a language with a "human" syntax I feel bad that I have to work harder.

danuker 4y ago
Indeed. In popular languages, I always add parens, because I'm second-guessing the parser. Lisps just embrace the parens :D