On 19 Dec 2009, at 00:53, Sean Devlin wrote: > What you're looking for is called "Python". > > The parens are your friend. Learn to love them. They are there to > remind you that you're building a data structure, not just writing > code. > > Sean >
As it happens, I agree with you: I learned to stop noticing the parens a long time ago, and think that Clojure's rather pragmatic approach to parens-reduction (lambda/vector literals) and other syntactic conveniences (object invocation syntax, comma whitespace) strikes a good balance. But I'm trying to think of it from the point of view of Joe Q. Coder, who will take one look at our beloved elegant, expressive Clojure, see all the parens and run screaming. Many people find would Clojure's comparative lack of syntax very human-hostile. Who is the intended audience of Clojure? Is it other Lispers? Or other Java programmers? Martin -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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
