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Re: Reader option to permit brackets as parentheses
- To: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
- Subject: Re: Reader option to permit brackets as parentheses
- From: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@free-expression.org>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:35:27 -0500 (EST)
- cc: guile@sourceware.cygnus.com
On 1 Jul 1999, Craig Brozefsky wrote:
> Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@free-expression.org> writes:
> > I can second this. I find using the square brackets easier to read.
> > And it's common practice here at IU.
>
> Can you give us some coodinates for the B-52s? We'll just take out
> the CS Labs and leave the dorms alone. I reccomend you go off campus
> for dinner this evening, say around 11pm.
IU isn't exactly an enemy of Scheme. It's generally used as the
introductory language around here. What's with the vitriol over using
square brackets? It helps visually group code. lets,conds,cases all
benefit from it (in my opinion).
Lynn