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Comment by neilv

> Lisps are great for fast iteration but the syntax is a big problem because it's so sensitive to a single misplaced paren.

That's more a problem for humans who have never programmed in a Lisp and are using notepad.exe.

    (if p (foo) (bar))

    if (p) { foo(); } else { bar(); }

    if p:
    <indent>foo()
    else:
    <indent>bar()
> LLMs like clean syntax with as little noise and unnecessary tokens as possible.

Isn't that good news for Lisps?

parent neilv 2 months ago

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