On Aug 18, 11:09 am, michele <michelemen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wouldn't that make it easier to keep track of them. > > Example: > > (defn myfn-a [a b] > (if (zero? b) > a > (recur > (afn (bfn (...)) a) > (dec b)))) > > (defn myfn-b [a b] > (if (zero? b) > a > (recur > (afn (bfn (...)) a) > (dec b) > ) > ) > )
Lisp programmers don't actually "see" parentheses. They read right past them. The editor takes care of parentheses and indentation. To a real Lisp programmer, your code above may as well look like this: defn myfn-a [a b] if zero? b a recur afn bfn ... a dec b Viewed in that light, devoting a line to each close parenthesis is just a shameful waste of screen real estate. It's similar to the profligacy that programmers in languages like Java are guilty of when they use 4 or even 8 character indents. Before you know it you've got a page of code that's 160 characters wide and 1000 characters long and you need a 40" screen just to find your way around. The more code you can catch in one glance, the better your overview. -- 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 Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. 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