Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:06:04 +0100, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

On 18/10/2025 05:46, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

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On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 02:58:46 +0100, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

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On 2024-08-06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

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If "; cond" went inside the cond form then I'd accept it in
general

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It indicates that the closing statement bracket is for the “cond”
construct. Moving it to elsewhere than that closing statement
bracket would defeat the purpose.

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Putting it just before the closing parenthesis is sufficient to
support the purpose and is more compatible with lisp aware editors.

Except that the semicolon indicates that everything on the line after
it is a comment. Putting it “just before the closing parenthesis”
would mean you no longer had a closing parenthesis. That’s why I put
it after.