Re: [Readable-discuss] Using readable with clojure

2014-10-28 Thread David A. Wheeler
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:04:42 +0100, martijn brekelmans tijntj...@msn.com wrote: Hello everybody, I'm fiddling around with clojure, and I'd like to use readable with clojure. I've looked a little more at implementing readable (at least some tiers) in Clojure, beyond

Re: [Readable-discuss] Using readable with clojure

2014-10-27 Thread John Cowan
David A. Wheeler scripsit: Not at all. The whole point is to have a syntax that is general, and not tied to a particular semantic. Clearly it needs to be useful for a given semantic, but not tied to it. Well, indentation can model () or it can model []; it can't do both. In CL or Scheme that

Re: [Readable-discuss] Using readable with clojure

2014-10-27 Thread David A. Wheeler
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:55:55 -0400, John Cowan co...@mercury.ccil.org wrote: Well, indentation can model () or it can model []; it can't do both. In CL or Scheme that doesn't matter, because [] is inessential. In Clojure it's essential. I've been assuming that it'd model (). Interesting

Re: [Readable-discuss] Using readable with clojure

2014-10-26 Thread David A. Wheeler
Not at all. The whole point is to have a syntax that is general, and not tied to a particular semantic. Clearly it needs to be useful for a given semantic, but not tied to it. On October 26, 2014 10:43:17 PM EDT, John Cowan co...@mercury.ccil.org wrote: David A. Wheeler scripsit: In Clojure,