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Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?

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From: Bernd Paysan
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:55
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D Herring wrote:

> On 01/01/2011 06:56 PM, Pascal Costanza wrote:
>> On 01/01/2011 08:04, girosenth wrote:
>>> How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel
>>> functional language to the level of FORTH ?
>>
>> I'm rather wondering how we can improve the readability of (any)
>> English to the level of German.
> 
> The classic response:
> http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~choh/german.htm
> 
> I haven't a clue where this originated.

The version I know stated at the end that the Germans zot zis vas a 
viktory, and zey achived zeir original goal.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
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