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pixpop on May 21, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: M-expressions==LISP in "normal syntax"-kills LISP?

Why do you think of parentheses as something about LISP that needs to be fixed? What exactly is the problem?

globalrev on May 22, 2008 [–]

well backwards notationa nd parenthesis is not how we normally write and talk and it is a turnoff for a lot of people.

i dont personally have a problem with it but id prefer the same language with normal syntax/notation.

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