Hi pd, On 16.12.21 10:17, pd wrote: > : (quote (quote (quote a))) > -> (quote (quote a))
In which practical use case do you ever need such an abhorrent nesting of quotes? If you need ''a or even ''''a in code, then I strongly suspect your software design is not appropriate for the specific use case. About compatibility to lisp dialects in general - nice point. But I'm having doubts about this being not just a superficial theoretical whim, are there really any lisp dialects between which general lisp knowledge is enough to be effective, without studying the specific language? I have the impression that lisp dialects are very diverse, while looking similar the differences are very consequential and no useful programming can be done without studying them, maybe even more so than the many languages which follow C syntax style. Theory is nice, and focusing on theoretical elegance might be useful for language research and pure math. But reality is messy, especially when human users are involved (which is the case with most software systems). Regards, -- beneroth
