[2009-11-12 02:49] Aled Gest <himse...@gmail.com> > 2009/11/11 Antoni Grzymala <ant...@chopin.edu.pl>: > > Looks like you didn't give more than half a minute's time, to see what > > Lisp's syntax (or rather the lack of it) is actually about. Your hopes > > are vain. > > It doesn't take long to judge clarity.
Remember: ``Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity.'' (dmr) > As far as I can tell, Lisp's primary features are that everything is a > list and that logic/arithmetic is specified in polish notation. Isn't that great? It's like ``everything's a file''. > TCL > has a similar concept with lists but in my mind has a nicer syntax. You mean: It has a not so strange/different syntax. > To be fair I never said "there is no cleaner syntax than C", what I > said was "It's the cleanest and most logical syntax I've come across > so far.", and I stand by that. I replied: ``Then you never tried Lisp!'' Maybe I should have said: ``Then you never understood Lisp'', which is true. My motivation to post in this thread was to point you to a language that will enhance your view in this discussion. meillo
