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It just takes getting used to, like prefix notation.

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The Lisp in McCarthy's paper was a theoretical model for computation, not a language implementation made to build practical websites with.

I agree that you should get the other issues right first; they're more important in the long run. What annoys most people about the problem with character sets is that it means they can't go out and build the websites they want to using Arc yet.

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5 points by noahlt 6171 days ago | link | parent | on: Show us your Arc code

Am I missing something, or is this just an easier way to write:

  (reduce + (cons 6 (map [* 4 _] (keep odd '(1 2 3 4 5)))))

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3 points by icemaze 6171 days ago | link

You are right: it just improves readability.

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1 point by noahlt 6172 days ago | link | parent | on: Unhygienic macros?

PG wrote in Practical Common Lisp that variable capture, when used intentionally, can be useful.

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