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[Sacha Chua]

"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes:

> "Parentheses?  What  parentheses? I  haven't  noticed any  parentheses
> since my  first month of Lisp  programming.  I like to  ask people who
> complain about  parentheses in  Lisp if they  are bothered by  all the
> spaces between words in a newspaper..."
> -- Kenny Tilton <tilt-MaFCEaLBwFg at public.gmane.org>

I totally agree. <grin> LISP's parentheses just make the syntax more
consistent. After a while, you get used to hitting ) enough times. The
editor's color and indentation cues make sure everything's right. And
non-LISP people have no idea how much fun it is to have editing
commands that work on blocks... =)

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