That isn't universally true. For me it was the opposite: this syntax made it easier for my brain to process than any other language, even when I was first learning it. Maybe my brain is diabetic and just can't handle syntactic sugar. But I bet I'm not the only person like this.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Răzvan Rotaru <razvan.rot...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > luni, 12 august 2013, 11:00:27 UTC+3, Alan Forrester a scris: > >> >> Do you have arguments against Clojure's current syntax? >> >> Alan > > > Well, there are disadvantages. And I don't mean Clojure in particular, but > lisp in general. Flattening everything to lists and similar data structures > sucks out some of the sugar from the grammar and it becomes harder for the > brain to process. Yes you can always train your brain, but that's not the > point of this thread. Clojure brings indeed some nice improvements to the > lisp syntax by making other data structure first class as well (while lisp > has only lists). > > -- > -- > 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. > > > -- -- 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.
