merits of Lisp vs Python
Robert Uhl
eadmund42 at NOSPAMgmail.com
Tue Dec 12 11:29:31 EST 2006
Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-mail-0306.20.chr0n0ss at spamgourmet.com> writes:
>
>> Note also that after any amount of dicing I simply hit a magic key
>> combo and the editor reindents everything. In a sense, Lisp is the
>> language that handles indentation best.
>
> Erm ... because there's an editor for it that indents automatically?
Because it's the language for which indentation is automatically
determinable. That is, one can copy/paste a chunk of code, hit a key
and suddenly everything is nicely indented.
--
Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl>
Flagrant system error! The system is down. I dunno what you did,
moron, but you sure screwed everything up --Strongbad
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