What's harder than parentheses is the fact that any sort of semantics can be hidden under simple words in the call position, and everything looks the same.
It changed how I read code, and it took a while to get used to that. I wonder if there's a study somewhere on the ergonomics of lisp. Code density/spread might affect eye-strain, is my experiential hypothesis :-). On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Mike Haney <txmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's almost cliche to say it, but you really do get used to the > parenthesis. Once you do, you won't give it a second thought, and for me > at least, it's the other languages that start to look "weird" with their > irregular syntax. And at least one a week I catch myself writing "(if ..." > or "(for ..." in java, which I have to use for my day job. :( > > Lighttable is a great environment to start with, and even beyond. I > assumed from the beginning I would have to learn emacs at some point, but > so far I haven't hit limitations with lighttable that are enough to justify > "pushing through the pain" to learn more emacs. > > One big advantage of lighttable is screen real estate. I probably work > 60% of the time on my MacBook with no external monitor, so screen space is > precious. With emacs or sublime, you pretty much need to split your screen > and keep a repl in one part. With lighttable, I get the results of eval > right next to the code, which is a very efficient way to solve this problem. > > -- > 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.
