Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On 5 Apr 2024 17:37:52 GMT
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:

Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote or quoted:

On 05.04.2024 01:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

This is where indentation helps. E.g.
   a =
       b ?
           c ? d : e
       : f ?
           g ? h : i
       : j;
>

Indentation generally helps.

>
 Let me give it a try to find how I would indent that!
>
b?
 c? d: e:
 f?
   g? h: i:
   j;
>

The parenthesis are not used for grouping, but are the alternative
form for IF/THEN/ELSE/FI

>
 It's funny how the discussion oscillates between
 "too many parentheses" (LISP code) and "not enough parentheses"
 ("let me add some parens to improve readability").

Lisp overloads them as block markers which simply makes the code more
confusing, not less.