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The problem that I anticipate here is that setting aside my personal<br>
like for LISP, the LISP-y surface syntax actually *does* suck, and it is<br>
going to present a significant impediment to BitC adoption. This issue<br>
tends to push me away from macro processing solutions at the S-expr<br>
level.<br>
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shap<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br><br>Frustrated by lisp syntax, I looked for a way to get rid of parenthesis and I found the so-called Sweet Expressions, by David A.Wheeler <a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/readable/">http://www.dwheeler.com/readable/</a> . There I came to know BitC and I thought "They're doing the greatest lisp of all time" . Since Wheeler started the project right to give BitC a convenient way to display S-expressions, I wanted to ask if BitC devs kept in touch with him. I see sweet expressions are never cited when talking about syntax, but it seems wheeler has done a great work of research on it (macro aspect included), and he's trying to make them work on several languages (Common Lisp, Scheme, Guile).<br>
<br><br>David Leoni<br><br><br></div>