On Feb 23, 10:42 am, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > What if Clojure had an alternate "surface" syntax that was translated > into standard Clojure syntax by a kind of preprocessor? > > Many people that don't like Lisp dialects don't like them because of > the parentheses. I'm trying to address that.
Heh heh. This is one of the oldest debates in programming languages. The original Lisp had something called "M-expressions", a surface syntax without parentheses. But no one ever bothered to implement it. About once a month someone brings up "Lisp without parentheses" on comp.lang.lisp. It's never caught on. For one thing, it's harder than you think when you get into all the edge-cases. For another, it usually doesn't offer any compelling advantages over the standard syntax. -Stuart Sierra --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
