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Daily reminder that the s-expression is still the ideal way to
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Daily reminder that the s-expression is still the ideal way to represent data and code (which are the same thing anyway)
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>>54523796
>oh-look-this-thread-again.avi.exe
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>>54523796
(define OP "faggot")
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>>54523810
Nobody was able to prove me wrong last time.
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>>54523814
(equal? OP "faggot")
#t
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>>54523810
It's called multithreading.
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Is this the RPN of the programming world?
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lisp is the programming fedora
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<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
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Daily reminder that parsing s-expressions is inherently difficult for the human brain due to lack of differentiated syntax.
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>>54526693
Only for human growing up in Latin languages.
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>>54526693
>implying infix is easy to read and write
Lisp has perfect syntax.
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>>54526572
>t. someone who hasn't written a single line of code in lisp
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>>54528483
you don't have to own a fedora to know what a loser you would be for owning one.
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>>54528364
>perfect
>significant space
pick one
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>>54526505
underrated post
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If S-expressions are so perfect, why do you shitcorn fucks feel the need to decorate them and pile syntactic sugar on top of them that destroys their ``purity''?
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>>54528483
I did the first chapters of SICP and it truly is the coding fedora.

>In this moment I am euphoric. Not because of any phony language's practical applications. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence
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>>54526528
That would be Forth and other Postfix languages.

I actually like S-expr/Lisp-y syntax. I find it really easy to read because everything is COMPLETELY unambiguous.
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>>54528059
>latinos
>human
Pick one.
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>>54528512
What language do you use where whitespace isn't significant anywhere?
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>>54529517
>not using a language where whitespace is the only significant thing
Shiggy.
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