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ggmyesterday at 8:49 AM1 replyview on HN

> Actually, in my opinion, Scheme (and Lisp) allows you to express complex systems and problem domains in more simple terms than any other language can.

Short article. Worth reading. But all I swallowed was this one sentence.

Its the sytax. If you like semicolons, thats why you like Pascal-like languages.


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reikonomushayesterday at 7:35 PM

For all practical purposes, the syntax of Lisp isn't just a cosmetic choice, though.

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