From: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:42:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ei8rdo38.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 767329f7-d300-4090-93cb-717d70fbadc4@i17g2000vbq.googlegroups.com
Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
> On Jan 5, 3:58 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The same expression in lisp style you get this
>>
>> /(+(-(b) √(+(^(b 2) -(*(4 a c))))) *(2 a))
>>
>> is it readable? Many lispers insist that its the most readable syntax.
>
> And here is why: http://blo.udoidio.info/2008/09/lisp-syntax-is-great.html
He's wrong, the most readable is:
(divide (minus (square-root (minus (square b) (* 4 a c)))
b)
2 a)
or, for wanbees:
(/ (- (sqrt (- (square b) (* 4 a c))) b)
2 a)
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.
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2011-01-01 7:04 How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ? girosenth
2011-01-01 11:39 ` Elena
2011-01-01 14:15 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-01 16:08 ` Nathan
2011-01-01 18:05 ` Jan Burse
2011-01-01 23:56 ` The Quiet Center
2011-01-02 1:10 ` Jan Burse
2011-01-02 3:45 ` LanX
2011-01-02 4:04 ` LanX
2011-01-02 5:36 ` Nathan
2011-01-02 6:46 ` Paul Rubin
2011-01-02 15:01 ` LanX
2011-01-02 15:14 ` Jerome Baum
2011-01-02 21:21 ` Paul Rubin
2011-01-02 7:14 ` w_a_x_man
2011-01-02 6:59 ` w_a_x_man
2011-01-03 15:22 ` LanX
2011-01-02 14:07 ` Frank GOENNINGER
2011-01-07 9:41 ` w_a_x_man
2011-01-09 10:41 ` How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevelfunctional " WJ
2011-01-03 10:29 ` How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional " Didier Verna
2011-01-03 13:05 ` Tim Harig
2011-01-04 4:49 ` rusi
2011-01-04 5:39 ` D Herring
2011-01-04 8:02 ` Tim Harig
2011-01-04 9:09 ` Nicolas Neuss
2011-01-04 10:00 ` Tim Bradshaw
2011-01-04 12:21 ` Tim Harig
2011-01-04 12:23 ` Tim Bradshaw
2011-01-04 13:33 ` Tim Harig
2011-01-04 12:41 ` Tamas K Papp
2011-01-04 23:32 ` Tim X
2011-01-05 1:35 ` [OT] LISP community advocacy [was Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?] Tim Harig
2011-01-05 9:52 ` How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ? Tim Bradshaw
2011-01-04 6:24 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-04 15:43 ` Raffael Cavallaro
2011-01-04 10:18 ` Didier Verna
2011-01-01 22:50 ` girosenth
2011-01-02 21:11 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2011-01-03 16:21 ` José A. Romero L.
2011-01-03 18:03 ` jacko
2011-01-02 23:45 ` Chip Eastham
2011-01-01 18:27 ` How to improve the readability of Steve Revilak
2011-01-01 19:22 ` How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ? prad
2011-01-01 23:56 ` Pascal Costanza
2011-01-02 5:39 ` D Herring
2011-01-02 14:17 ` Frank GOENNINGER
2011-01-02 14:53 ` Jerome Baum
2011-01-02 14:58 ` LanX
2011-01-02 17:55 ` Bernd Paysan
2011-01-03 18:07 ` jacko
2011-01-02 12:59 ` Doug Hoffman
2011-01-02 19:14 ` w_a_x_man
2011-01-03 5:20 ` Elizabeth D Rather
2011-01-03 10:48 ` MarkWills
2011-01-03 15:13 ` LanX
2011-01-03 18:20 ` jacko
2011-01-03 18:22 ` jacko
2011-01-03 10:18 ` Didier Verna
2011-01-04 6:47 ` pineapple
2011-01-04 14:14 ` P.M.Lawrence
2011-01-05 14:58 ` Xah Lee
2011-01-05 16:21 ` Andrew Haley
2011-01-05 21:29 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-06 8:57 ` Jonathan Groll
2011-01-07 5:36 ` Xah Lee
2011-01-07 13:28 ` Andrew Haley
2011-01-07 16:19 ` Xah Lee
2011-01-05 17:59 ` Elena
2011-01-05 20:13 ` Xah Lee
2011-01-05 21:42 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2011-01-06 13:38 ` Doug Hoffman
2011-01-06 19:20 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-07 0:09 ` w_a_x_man
2011-01-07 12:04 ` Doug Hoffman
2011-01-06 22:59 ` Xah Lee
2011-01-07 11:47 ` Jan Burse
2011-01-21 10:03 ` rupertlssmith
2011-01-21 16:08 ` Jan Burse
2011-01-21 21:43 ` D. J. Penton
2011-01-18 22:55 ` m_l_g3
2011-01-19 13:45 ` Doug Hoffman
2011-01-21 16:15 ` Jan Burse
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2011-01-02 16:50 Drew Adams
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