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| From | Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: Eliding parens |
| Date | 2015-01-09 17:39 +0000 |
| Organization | none |
| Message-ID | <87r3v3q2e2.fsf@ixod.org> (permalink) |
| References | <9937fe04-b237-4025-b702-17b33963ee4b@googlegroups.com> |
luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> writes: > For lisp-type languages, this would mean never having to > count parens in order to close everything. It's just extra > redundant book-keeping. True, but with a decent IDE one doesn't really have to count them anyway: closing one makes it clear which opening one is thus being closed, and auto-indent is extra help / confirmation. This is very much why one doesn't write Lisp using Notepad. (-: -- Mark
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Eliding parens luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-09 09:35 -0800 Re: Eliding parens Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2015-01-09 17:39 +0000 Re: Eliding parens Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-01-09 18:50 +0000 Re: Eliding parens Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2015-01-09 22:04 +0100
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