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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:43:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-08-06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> Equivalent Lisp, for comparison:
>> 
>>   (setf a (cond (b (if c d e))
>>                 (f (if g h i))
>>                 (t j)))
>
> You can’t avoid the parentheses, but this, too, can be improved:
>
>     (setf a
>         (cond
>             (b
>                 (if c d e)
>             )
>             (f
>                 (if g h i)
>             )
>             (t
>                 j
>             )
>         ) ; cond
>     )

Nobody is ever going to follow your idio(syncra)tic coding preferences
for Lisp, that wouldn't pass code review in any Lisp shop, and result in
patches being rejected in a FOSS setting.

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