On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:38:14 -0800
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#> > > Because it's the language for which indentation is automatically
#> > > determinable. That is, one can copy/paste a chunk of code, hit a
#> > > key and suddenly everything is nicely indented.
#> >
#> > Cool, so in other languages I need to set block marks like () and
#> > {} and also indent the code for readability, and in Python I indent
#> > only. From my POV that's less work.
#>
#> Try reading again. In Lisp, you use () and *your editor*
#> automatically indents according to the universal standard,
How does that differ from "In Python, you use <TAB> and your editor
automatically indents according to the universal standard"?
#> or you leave it sloppy until other folks reading your code convince
#> you to get a proper programming editor.
Well, in Python you never need to leave it sloppy.
#> Indentation does not get out of sync with semantics because the
#> editor virtually never misses parentheses that the Lisp compiler
#> sees.
What makes you think Python indentation ever gets out of sync with
semantics?
#> In Python, you group in your mind, and press indentation keys to make
#> it happen in your editor.
In Lisp, you group in your mind, and press parentheses keys to make it
happen in your editor.
#> The editor cannot help that much, because it cannot read your mind.
The editor cannot help that much, because it cannot read your mind.
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