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What makes Lisp difficult to read?

47 points · 81 comments · ibobev

  1. fxj · · focus · HN ↗
    You think Lisp is hard to read? Then try J! And still people use it and are very successful. It is not always the ease of readability but the power of the syntax that makes a good programming language.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jsoftware.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jsoftware.com&#x2F;

    p.s. R is Lisp with a nice syntax. Much more readable and still very powerful.

    just my 2 ct

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