Robert Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Simon Cozens wrote:
> > (defun Schwartzian (func list)
> > (mapcar
> > (lambda (x) (car x))
> > (sort
> > (mapcar
> > (lambda (x) (cons x (funcall func x)))
> > list
> > )
> > (lambda (x y) (< (cdr x) (cdr y)))
> > )
> > )
> > )
> >
> > Maybe you'd prefer this:
> >
> > defun Schwartzian func list mapcar lambda x car x sort mapcar
> > lambda x cons x funcall func x list lambda x y < cdr x cdr y
> >
> > I know which I'd rather read.
>
> Ok, you've proved that lisp doesn't make sense without all those
> annoying parentheses.
You know, I'm trying to see what's annoying about all those
parentheses in the lisp function and what do you know, I can't see
anything wrong. Okay, so it's not Perl syntax, but it's still clear
what's going on.
