> > ii) An indentation-sensitive lisp like wart requires mentally > > inserting parens to make sure we aren't accidentally wrapping > > something we didn't mean to. > > People indent even when it's *not* significant, so this turns out to be a > non-problem. The indentation ends up working with, not against.
But the context for my statement was (http://www.mail-archive.com/readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00272.html): > Say you're trying to track down a bug in evaluation: No matter how intuitive, we're going to run into cases where we accidentally mal-indent and need to track down the bug. It's like a stray paren or semi-colon. During debugging you have to drop down a layer of abstraction and think about the paren insertion itself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
