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Re: Mathematica and Lisp
Posted:
Jan 26, 2013 1:37 AM
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On Jan 24, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On 1/22/2013 8:18 PM, David Bailey wrote:
> ....
> (regarding Lisp)
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>> Having 3 types of brackets, definitely helps to discern the structure,
>> even with indentation.
>>
> ... Note that f(a,g(b),c) has
> as many parens as the Lisp (f a (g b) c) and that using square
> brackets as f[a,g[b],c] is not much different.
In many situations, in Mathematica one may use
f[a, g@b, c]
which is much easier to read that the FullForm equivalent (with the nested brackets).
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