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S-expressions, etc.
At 04:55 PM 6/13/96 -0400, hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu wrote:
>I don't have hassle writing s-expression parsers. I have hassle reading the
>input - far too many parentheses used but then again its easier to write
>s-expressions than asn.1 using emacs :-)
Good point.
Of course, to me, "tag: value" is easiest to both edit and parse by far.
I do like the possibility S-expression notation opens up of substituting an executable expression for a constant...but all I'm saying there is that LISP has certain powers other languages don't (conveniently).
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:47:35 -0400
To: hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu
From: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
Subject: S-expressions, etc.
Cc: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com>, spki@c2.org,
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At 04:55 PM 6/13/96 -0400, hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu wrote:
>I don't have hassle writing s-expression parsers. I have hassle reading the
>input - far too many parentheses used but then again its easier to write
>s-expressions than asn.1 using emacs :-)
Good point.
Of course, to me, "tag: value" is easiest to both edit and parse by far.
I do like the possibility S-expression notation opens up of substituting an
executable expression for a constant...but all I'm saying there is that LISP
has certain powers other languages don't (conveniently).
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