Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:13:33 -0000 (UTC), Sebastian wrote:

In comp.unix.programmer Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

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On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:32:26 -0000 (UTC), Sebastian wrote:
 

In comp.unix.programmer Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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    a =
        b ?
            c ? d : e
        : f ?
            g ? h : i
        : j;

 
I find this more confusing than the parentheses.

 
Not accustomed to looking at source code in 2D? You have to feel your
way from symbol to symbol like brackets, rather than being able to see
overall shapes?

 
Says the guy who finds a few brackets so confusing that he
Black-formatted a snippet of Lisp code.

I use the same principles in all my code.

(And I have no idea about this “Black” thing. I just do my thing.)