Whups, I need to post corrections to my previous post. I said: > I think 41 instances of ":" and 6 instances of "$" actually gives "$" the > edge, not "$", since that suggests that "$" requires fewer escapes. But > that's only a tiny tendancy, and it'd be more interesting if we analyzed a > large set of Lisp programs.
I meant ... gives "$" the edge, not ":", since ... I said: > Other Lisps that have leading ":" for special purposes include gcc MELT > (MiddleEndLispTranslator), SMT-LIB, and the original BitC. I should note that I *think* that in MELT and SMT-LIB, a leading ":" has special meaning by convention; I don't remember it having a deeper notational meaning. BitC abandoned s-expressions, probably because they were too painful to use (sound familiar?). It handled ":" specially. Since it's abandoned, that probably doesn't matter. --- David A. Wheeler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122912 _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
