On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:07:21 -0700, "Levi Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If you read through that, you'll see that [Lisp] includes two kinds of > expressions, s-expressions (which are fully-parenthesized, and the > native data format) and m-expressions that use brackets and a more > math-like notation (with the operator on the outside of the > brackets). In the years that followed, programmers rejected the m- > expressions in favor of the s-expressions that make up today's > Lisps. Hmm, maybe there's some value to the 'weird' syntax after > all, eh?
John McCarthy said that people essentially got used to s-expressions, and m-expressions were never implemented (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-expression), which isn't quite the same as your spin implies. :) -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
