I am a polyglot programmer and never insisted to change the look of any language. I used them as is assuming that many people worked on their design for several man years, more that I could spend myself on any of these design decisions and their impacts.
I worked with at least a dozen of these (on the job, not as a hobby) for the last 30 years. You cannot make everything a nail so you can hammer on anything with a single tool. A choice has been made to use a lisp-like syntax. Just shift your brains accordingly, I can still do it at 50+, it should not be too hard to do for younger people :))) This discussion comes back every year or so. I would really be flabergasted if Clojure Core accepts such a change. If it is so much a hurdle, then maybe people not at ease with the syntax should instead stick with an Algol like language and that's perfectly fine. They are a few on the jvm, just pick one. Luc > True, lack of conciseness may not be the first thing that comes to mind > when speaking about Lisps :-) > > What I should have said is that I think equivalent Python code has fewer > 'noise' symbols than S-expressions. Of course, that depends greatly on how > the programs are structured. > > And, that brings us back to readability. Since this subject keeps popping > up, over years and even decades, maybe there's something here that the Lisp > experts don't quite understand? Maybe it has something to do with programs > needing to be quickly understood, even by non-experts? > > > -- > 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 -- Softaddicts<lprefonta...@softaddicts.ca> sent by ibisMail! -- 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
