On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:50:24 -0800, Kaz Kylheku wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> But Lisp's syntax is so unlike most written natural languages that that it >> is a whole different story. > > Bahaha! > >> Yes, the human brain is amazingly flexible, >> and people can learn extremely complex syntax and grammars (especially if >> they start young enough) so I'm not surprised that there are thousands, >> maybe tens or even hundreds of thousands of Lisp developers who find the >> language perfectly readable. > > 1> '(especially if they start young enough) > (ESPECIALLY IF THEY START YOUNG ENOUGH) > 2> (sixth *) > ENOUGH > > ... said! > > Yeah, so /unlike/ written natural languages! > > What a fucking moron.
Oh my god! Lisp can echo STRINGS to the interpreter???? Why didn't somebody somebody tell me that!!!! That *completely* changes my mind about the language! I'm especially impressed that it knew I wanted them printed in uppercase without being told. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
