Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

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

Equivalent Lisp, for comparison:
 
  (setf a (cond (b (if c d e))
                (f (if g h i))
                (t j)))

>
You can’t avoid the parentheses, but this, too, can be improved:
>
    (setf a
        (cond
            (b
                (if c d e)
            )
            (f
                (if g h i)
            )
            (t
                j
            )
        ) ; cond
    )

Nobody is ever going to follow your idio(syncra)tic coding preferences
for Lisp, that wouldn't pass code review in any Lisp shop, and result in
patches being rejected in a FOSS setting.

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