Dec
31

Ruby Syntax VS Lisp Syntax

Philip on December 31st, 2008

A mathematician might write: 3 + 5 x 4 = 23 An equivalent statement in Lisp might look like this: (= (+ (* 5 4) 3) 23) The former is an undeniably cleaner way of writing that equation, and it shows that the “regular” way of writing equations is far superior to the Lisp way. [...]

Continue reading about Ruby Syntax VS Lisp Syntax

Programming 15 Comments »