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pjmlp
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I have an idea, maybe we could represent that AST as parenthesis.
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itishappy
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That's cool, but I might prefer semantic whitespace. Sure would be neat if we could both work with the same code in our preferred forms.
pjmlp
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Like this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_langua...
itishappy
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Ah yes, now there is a LISP I can get behind!
ocimbote
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Honestly, we can do better than LISPs.
Just use curly brackets and boom. LISP 3k.
You're welcome.
pjmlp
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It can even be used to represent serialized objects...
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