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So yeah, about Clojure's syntax (vvvvalvalval.github.io)
4 points by tosh on Jan 9, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> First, let me start by saying this: syntax is NEVER a good reason to use or dismiss a programming language. If your approach for choosing a language is 'I (don't) like the syntax', you're doing it wrong.

Sorry, but this is BS. A program language's syntax is an integral part of its error-proneness and hence of its safety. E.g., if putting/not putting a semicolon can crash a rocket, then that programming language's syntax has failed.

No, really, syntax matters a lot!

(This does not mean that I think Closure's syntax is bad.)




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