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tux0r , 7 hours ago (edited 7 hours ago) You can make embarrassing mistakes in virtually any programming language that’s not too esoteric. When I still used Python for prototyping (today, I usually use Go for that), it happened much too often that I did this: <span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">if </span><span style="color:#323232;">foo: </span><span style="color:#323232;"> bar() </span><span style="color:#323232;"> foobar() </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># syntax error </span> In Lisp, however, both errors are much harder to make (not even considering GNU Emacs’s superb auto-indentation - which is what most Lispers use these days, as far as I know): <span style="color:#323232;">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">when</span><span style="color:#323232;"> foo) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- obvious! </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (bar)</span><span style="background-color:#f5f5f5;font-weight:bold;color:#b52a1d;">)</span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span> <span style="color:#323232;">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">when</span><span style="color:#323232;"> foo </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (bar) </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (foobar) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- still valid </span><span style="color:#323232;">(quux)) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- also still valid </span>
You can make embarrassing mistakes in virtually any programming language that’s not too esoteric.
When I still used Python for prototyping (today, I usually use Go for that), it happened much too often that I did this:
<span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">if </span><span style="color:#323232;">foo: </span><span style="color:#323232;"> bar() </span><span style="color:#323232;"> foobar() </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;"># syntax error </span>
In Lisp, however, both errors are much harder to make (not even considering GNU Emacs’s superb auto-indentation - which is what most Lispers use these days, as far as I know):
<span style="color:#323232;">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">when</span><span style="color:#323232;"> foo) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- obvious! </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (bar)</span><span style="background-color:#f5f5f5;font-weight:bold;color:#b52a1d;">)</span><span style="color:#323232;"> </span>
<span style="color:#323232;">(</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:#a71d5d;">when</span><span style="color:#323232;"> foo </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (bar) </span><span style="color:#323232;"> (foobar) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- still valid </span><span style="color:#323232;">(quux)) </span><span style="font-style:italic;color:#969896;">;; <- also still valid </span>