I find Haskell syntax completely unreadable. Just saying.... On Apr 5, 2014 11:36 AM, "Travis Wellman" <twell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I started learning Haskell after a year or more of Clojure, the > syntax was refreshing, and I found myself wishing I could write Clojure > with Haskell syntax. > > Later I left Clojure behind for plain Java because of code maintenance > issues. I had been writing elegant but deeply nested Clojure code that was > very difficult to read and realized that Clojure nurtures this propensity > in its users. Though it's possible to write flatter more linear, more > readable, more maintainable code, I didn't really want to, and other > languages are designed for such. > > Now I'm coming back to those old discoveries again, and thinking about > Clojure, and wondering how much work it would be to write a new Haskell-ish > syntax for using Clojure. I was just looking at core.logic tests, which are > a perfect example of hard-to-read, using single letter variables, few > newlines, and zero comments. > > To be clear, in this topic I'm not interested in the functional purity of > Haskell, nor it's libraries or type system, but just the syntax. > > Has anyone had a similar experience? > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
