The problem of readability of S-expressions has been discussed since the beginnings of Lisp.
Some known alternative notations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-expression http://readable.sourceforge.net/ On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:01:30 +0200 Sergey Didenko <sergey.dide...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > For us as Clojure community it is easy to see how Clojure benefits > from being a Lisp. Homoiconity, extreme conciseness, esoteric look and > feel, etc. > > However it is hard to see from the inside how Clojure as ecosystem > (probably) suffer from being a Lisp. Please don't throw rotten eggs at > me, I mean only the part of Lisp that is ... parentheses. > > I remember a number of people that mention parentheses as obstacles to > the wider Clojure adoption, in the Clojure space - in the Clojure > related discussions, even on this mailing list IIRC. > > But the number of people thinking this way outside the Clojure groups > is even bigger! We probably don't notice it because got immune to this > famous argument "it has too many parentheses" early when diving into > Clojure. > > I suggest there are a big number of people that could gain interest in > clojure if we provide them with parentheses-lite Clojure syntax. For > example we can steal Python way of intending blocks. > > For example the following quicksort implementation > > (defn qsort [[pivot & xs]] > (when pivot > (let [smaller #(< % pivot)] > (lazy-cat (qsort (filter smaller xs)) > [pivot] > (qsort (remove smaller xs)))))) > > could be written as > > (set! python-style-op-op true) > > defn qsort [[pivot & xs]] > when pivot > let [smaller #(< % pivot)] > lazy-cat > qsort > filter smaller xs > [pivot] > qsort > remove smaller xs > > What do you think? > > Isn't is less complex? > > > P.S. Ok, I must confess, the mention of the C-Word in the last > sentence was just a desperate way to get Rich's attention. > > P.P.S. Actually I would also love to see Clojure community making > video clip "Clojure - Python Style" as a remix for "G... Style", but > this idea is probably way ahead of its time. > > > Regards, Sergey. Mikhail -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
