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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 08:58:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On 5 Apr 2024 17:37:52 GMT
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
>Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>>On 05.04.2024 01:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>This is where indentation helps. E.g.
>>>    a =
>>>        b ?
>>>            c ? d : e
>>>        : f ?
>>>            g ? h : i
>>>        : j;
>>>
>>Indentation generally helps.
>
>  Let me give it a try to find how I would indent that!
>
>b? 
>  c? d: e: 
>  f? 
>    g? h: i: 
>    j;
>
>>The parenthesis are not used for grouping, but are the alternative
>>form for IF/THEN/ELSE/FI
>
>  It's funny how the discussion oscillates between
>  "too many parentheses" (LISP code) and "not enough parentheses"
>  ("let me add some parens to improve readability").

Lisp overloads them as block markers which simply makes the code more
confusing, not less.