Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Lewis Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: new stuff in 1.8 Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 18:21:06 +0200 Organization: Lewis Lines: 13 Message-ID: <87r448tcwd.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877g658we7.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="429d8c2c78b8d1bf0d1dfc93e35d17bc"; logging-data="8157"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/18WnUk1E5EEz2Yu/E7wMUuevvdY4KNng=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sfryyoH49dDeq+aqfbgDGPFPblY= sha1:+SPj4C6hgDO7B7ATViN50LJaEPM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:28378 Sarah Connor writes: > On Mon, 05 May 2014 07:54:02 +0000, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > >> Lisps parentheses are indeed horror. > > To someone who isn't using the appropriate tools (in particular, > paredit), it might seem that way, I suppose. Or doesn't understand lisp. It's no worse than anything else in other languages.