On Feb 23, 2009, at 1:21 PM, MarkH wrote: > > Yes, clojure needs an alternative surface syntax for obvious reasons. > And anybody that brings up Dylan as a counter-example doesn't know > what they're talking about. Dylan died because Apple killed it. >
It may be more productive to help newcomers understand why parentheses are handy and not baggage. Something like coffeemug's post on the subject: http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---