Re: Re: S-expressions
"Aryeh M. Friedman" <[email protected]> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 15:49:44 -0400 (EDT)
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> Ah, thats pretty simple. Its a prefix syntax so the first token inside parans is the > function the remaining tokens the arguments. Its pretty simple. Only simple if not deeply nested which s-expressions/mstates require. > > The lisp/scheme syntax always looked very strange for me because of > > the enormous amount of parens. I felt it always hard to match them > > and to understand which arguments belonged together, etc. > > Your editor should do a pretty good job of matching. As for the arguments this has > always seemed really strait forward to me. Simple answer BS. Complete answer anything that relies on a editor to make it "right" is flawed by definition. --Aryeh ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/W4wwlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pragmatic_lang-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/