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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh completely.. Its sometimes the weird syntax that freaks people out. I mean it helps to know multiple languages in life why not in tech? I have heard from so many people that they can't follow some code examples just cause it's in lisp but using descriptive var and function names .. Nope.. They still can't

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amusingly, I find s-exp syntax is one of the easiest to read now because it's so regular and predictable. Since all the logic has to be expressed using data structures, you can't add a bunch of weird rules to the syntax. On top of that, the code acts as a diagram so you can see relationships visually by looking at the nesting.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Truely an underrated concept. But you don't get the nerd points for understanding memory management.. And isn't that what programming is all about