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Re: Reader option to permit brackets as parentheses
- To: Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
- Subject: Re: Reader option to permit brackets as parentheses
- From: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@free-expression.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 07:14:48 -0500 (EST)
- cc: Chris Bitmead <cbitmead@ozemail.com.au>, guile@cygnus.com
On 30 Jun 1999, Greg Badros wrote:
>
> This isn't at *all* true. LOTS of scheme programmers are brought up
> using instructional Scheme environments that permit [] as parentheses,
> and are accustomed to having certain constructs in [] instead of ().
>
I can second this. I find using the square brackets easier to read.
And it's common practice here at IU.
Lynn