Re: Re: S-expressions

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 07:38:48PM -0000, Eric Merritt wrote:

> > Then, what exactly does this make easier? It might be easier to 
> > parse (a (b (c (d (e f g h ))))) but so what? I don't care how complex 
> > some code is to parse *as long as it is simple to read for a human*. 
>  
>  It makes it easier to *extend* also. It makes it easier to write and understand 
> macros for it. 

Can you give an example how such a macro would look like?

> > May I suggest that you have a very close look at Python? :-) 
>  
>  Python has its place. but it still leaves allot to be desired. 

Well, the performance is not that great but from the syntax
point of view, I'm not missing anything :-) And wasn't that
the question?

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