Re: Lisp Reader & Tools

"Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com)" <[email protected]> Thu, 28 May 2026 18:22:02 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.lisp.lispworks.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 28 May 2026, at 16:27, David McClain <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Why are you guys so resistant to making the computer help the user, and not the other way around?
> 

You think me being willing to use other tools, tools which are *specifically designed* for this kind of fiddly lexical-syntax mangling, and not fucking around endlessly with the CL reader in ways it is not really designed for, is not 'making the computer help the user'?

There is clearly no purpose in this discussion.


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