You are not the only one. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:26 PM, ozzloy-racket-users <ozzloy+users_racket-lang_...@gmail.com> wrote: > am i the only one that thinks not having abbreviated names for anything is > good? > i like not having "def". especially if it's going to be redundant. > i see this as a slippery slope i don't want to go down. > it annoys me when switching to other languages to have to ask: which way of > shortening "function" does this language go with? was it "fn"? maybe "fun"? > if the language has a strict policy of not using short versions of words, i > don't have to guess. > > as for "def" being easier to read than "define", that's not true. word > frequency has more impact on reading time than word length for normal > reading. having more aliases makes both less frequent, so adding "def" > could plausibly make reading both take longer. most people read whole words > at a time, rather than letter-by-letter. > > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Grant Rettke <gret...@acm.org> wrote: >> >> There is always pretty mode in Emacs. >> >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Ray Racine <ray.rac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > FYI for those who may not know. Racket supports λ as an alias for >> > lambda. >> > ctrl-\ in DrRacket. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Nikita B. Zuev <nikit...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> +1 for `def' as alias for `define'. >> >> May I also suggest `fun' for `lambda' alias? >> >> Three letter names are the best =) >> >> >> >> (well one can always do it with require rename-in) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Nikita B. Zuev >> >> ____________________ >> >> Racket Users list: >> >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________ >> > Racket Users list: >> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ >> ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > >
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