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What makes Lisp difficult to read? (paultm.nl)
submitted 1 week ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1365818

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"They're wrong, that's the way it is". Great argument. Very convincing.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some things are obvious, and you can write a whole essay without the base assertion being correct ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same as you can say something seemingly obvious but still wrong 🤷

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Dunno why you're trying to start a flame war, but I'll be on my way. Have a nice day!

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Their first comment provided reasoning. This "because that's the way it is" framing is unfair.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

The article is 90% about brackets and Polish notation is nearly a footnote. How is the reasoning that "it's mostly familiarity" sound? When I call doSomething(param, arg, whatever) moving over the left bracket a word isn't going to confuse people because of "familiarity".