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What makes Lisp difficult to read?

47 points · 81 comments · ibobev

  1. pfdietz · · focus · HN ↗
    Lisp isn't difficult to read, so I don't understand the question.

    This feels like someone who doesn't know French asking "what makes French difficult to read?"

    1. stcg · · focus · HN ↗
      Exactly, it's just unfamiliar to most people.

      I find Clojure (a Lisp) more readable than many other languages. It's the style I like for pseudocode. Because I used it a lot. It's familiar.

      "Easy" is relative and doesn't mean anything without a subject. Easy for whom?

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