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Article #4221Re: scheme [Re: What does an anti-perl look like]
From: Stephen E. Witham
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 20:15
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 20:15
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In article <GATELEY.91Jun26193626@gefion.rice.edu>, gateley@rice.edu (John Gateley) writes: > > For me (but of course I am one of those strange Scheme people :^), the > problem is exactly the same but in the other direction. When I look at > languages with more conventional syntax, I have to go through the same > contortions you do. I drag the manual out etc. ... > Consider reading - do you spell out the > words letter by letter and then parse them into a single word? Or do > you get the "gestalt" all at once? Words--gestalt. Sentences--infix notation (well, mostly) plus special beginning and end markers! Paragraphs, sections, chapters--visual! Hah! But English isn't that different from Lisp. On the other hand, English is constructed for reading straight through rather than hacking on. --Steve
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!samsung!transfer!lectroid!jjmhome!smds!sw From: sw@smds.UUCP (Stephen E. Witham) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: scheme [Re: What does an anti-perl look like] Summary: Visuals of reading Message-ID: <604@smds.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 91 20:15:25 GMT References: <ROCKWELL.91Jun15015154@socrates.umd.edu> <2714@amix.commodore.com> <GATELEY.91Jun26193626@gefion.rice.edu> Organization: SMDS Inc., Concord, MA Lines: 17