Incanter supports this with the $= prefix:
($= 7 + 8 - 2 * 6 / 2)
http://data-sorcery.org/2010/05/14/infix-math/
Might be worth looking at...
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:17:32 PM UTC-5, Joshua Brulé wrote:
>
> Proposal:
>
> For an *odd* number of forms a, x, b, ...
>
> {a x b x c ...} => (x a b c ...)
> {a x b y c ...} => (*nfx* a x b y c ...)
>
> Reasoning:
>
> Even after a lot of practice, prefix math is still harder (at least for
> me...) to read than non-prefix math. The [], () and <> matching delimiters
> are already taken, but {} is only used for an even number of forms (and, in
> fact, throws an exception on an odd number of forms.)
>
> ; trumped-up examples
> (defn harmonic-mean [x1 x2]
> {{2 * x1 * x2} / {x1 + x2}})
>
> (defn fib [n]
> (cond
> {n = 0} 1
> {n = 1} 1
> :else {(fib {n - 1}) + (fib {n - 2})}))
>
> Basically, I'm claiming a solid win on readability, and no risk of
> breaking any existing code.
>
> I realize there's a certain risk of mistaking curly-infix for a map
> literal when reading code, but I think it's minimal. To me, at least, {x +
> y} just doesn't look like a map.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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