> To do this, though, I have two questions:  where can I find an
> explanation of what the current reader does, so that I could make sure
> it does what it's supposed to do?

I'm afraid that the SourceForge code, this mailing list, and the material at:
 http://www.dwheeler.com/readable/
are all that's posted.  But you can email me or the list, and we can try to 
help.

> I also wanted to chide you a little bit:  in a certain e-mail
> discussion, you stated that prefix notation is unnatural, when
> actually, it's perfectly natural:  consider f(x, y)!

Well, yes, but what I meant was this form:
 (f x y).

Sweet-expressions *do*, of course, accept f(x y).

> Having said that, I also think that the spite that the Common Lisp
> community seems to have towards things like sweet-expressions is a bit
> unfounded, for three reasons...

Good points!

--- David A. Wheeler


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