2008/12/10 Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Since you put 'scheme' in single quotes, I suspect you don't know >> > about Scheme programming. Scheme is a Lisp-like programming >> > language. >> >> ((((()()((()))()()((()))))))) >> >> I hope not, that kinda stuff leaves me with a headache, thank the >> gods for programming editors with () balancing. > > Much more important is proper indenting.
Very true. Also, Scheme code is _not_ read by looking at the parentheses. Instead, you read it by looking at the indention (which tells you at which 'level' of the code you are). You'll realize that pretty soon you entirely forget about the parentheses. > Scheme's parentheses are > rather easy to handle if you write code like this during development: > > (foo > (bla > ... > bla > ) > ) > > and fold it later to > > (foo > (bla > ... > bla)) In fact, I personally find it just as easy to write/read the latter form directly, again because it is the _indentation_ which tells me how a particular piece of code is related to the rest. BTW, you can quickly become addicted to the way you start thinking when programming in Scheme. It's offers you a wholly new paradigm which breaks down a couple of walls you have built yourself up by programming in other languages. I highly recommend giving it a try (especially if you're an experienced programmer). There are excellent tutorials and books out there (although unfortunately I don't have any web addresses at hand). Coming from the Lisp side, I can highly recommend Paul Graham's books "ANSI Common Lisp" and "On Lisp" which IMHO are fluent to read and didactically excellent. But as I said, there are plentiful other resources. Also, keep in mind that Scheme is only a Lisp dialect which means that a couple of things behave differently, so in your case it's probably good to dive into Scheme directly. Good luck and especially: have fun! Max _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
