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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I find that S-expressions are the best syntax for programming languages. And in general infix operators are inferior to either prefix or postfix notation.

[โ€“] russmatney 1 points 1 year ago

100%! It was mind-blowing to realize lisps are actually syntactically simpler than all the non-lisps so popular today

Takes a bit of love from editor standpoint unfortunately, so most devs will just never attempt that hurdle

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