Which is basically the same as (foo a b) except the ( if one identifier later.
I've often seen stuff like this in languages without operator overloading: a.add(b.multiply(c) d.subtract(5)) and nobody complains about that, but a lot of people are hung up about (add a (multiply b c) (subtract d 5)) which is almost the exact same thing. Of course, in Lisp-like languages, you would be able to redefine functions, s it would actually look like this: (+ a (* b c) (- d 5))
I don't get why people have such big complaints about syntax. Whatever you are used to is easier to read. Obviously! But its not hard and does not take long to get used to this.
So once you are used to it, Lisp is simpler because it has one single rule that is followed by every language construct: (function params) - in other languages you have all kinds of flow control statements with different rules (if, else if, while, for, switch.. all have different rules). Then theres function calls and method calls. Precedence. That's a lot to have to remember.
Which is basically the same as (foo a b) except the ( if one identifier later.
I've often seen stuff like this in languages without operator overloading: a.add(b.multiply(c) d.subtract(5)) and nobody complains about that, but a lot of people are hung up about (add a (multiply b c) (subtract d 5)) which is almost the exact same thing. Of course, in Lisp-like languages, you would be able to redefine functions, s it would actually look like this: (+ a (* b c) (- d 5))
I don't get why people have such big complaints about syntax. Whatever you are used to is easier to read. Obviously! But its not hard and does not take long to get used to this.
So once you are used to it, Lisp is simpler because it has one single rule that is followed by every language construct: (function params) - in other languages you have all kinds of flow control statements with different rules (if, else if, while, for, switch.. all have different rules). Then theres function calls and method calls. Precedence. That's a lot to have to remember.