(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2010)

Post by phpnode » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

NooneAtAll3 wrote: post #8

stdatomic wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First day of paradigms course in the 2000s and prof says "if your opinion of Scheme is too many parentheses, then you're an idiot." Needless to say that was my opinion and every day I think, more and more, how right he was. (later I did make some gui apps that included scripting and chose s-expr syntax because of how simple it is to implement it)

main problem isn't brackets themselves - it's that they're too on the right had brackets been displayed as curly braces in C - everything would look much more manageable

    (foo (bar (1 2 3))

    {
      foo {
        bar {
          1
          2
          3
        }
      }
    }

Post by eska » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

NooneAtAll3 wrote: post #8

stdatomic wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First day of paradigms course in the 2000s and prof says "if your opinion of Scheme is too many parentheses, then you're an idiot." Needless to say that was my opinion and every day I think, more and more, how right he was. (later I did make some gui apps that included scripting and chose s-expr syntax because of how simple it is to implement it)

main problem isn't brackets themselves - it's that they're too on the right had brackets been displayed as curly braces in C - everything would look much more manageable

Post by joshuamorton » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC

Post by onraglanroad » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC

azhenley wrote: post #7

Writing a Lisp is one of my favorite projects. I try to do it every year or two, taking a different approach each time.

Post by chamomeal » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC

timonoko wrote: post #16

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