Lisp is almost lovable

At least it is closer to perfection than any other language.

Lisp doesn't need to force indentation, because any competent programmer doesn't need mommy Guido to hold their hand. Too incompetent to understand? Have fun with Python.

Value simplicity from the interpreter's point of view and syntactic beauty and elegance from the programmer's point of view. I have fun with Lisp! Since my complex human brain is capable of quickly understanding more than two special characters in addition to a base-10 numerical system and 26-letter alphabet, Lisp does not confuse me. If you're more comfortable with globs of syntactically-important invisible characters that can be easily lost through various kinds of transmission, and prevents certain code constructs, then enjoy your toy language. That's why Python has been around a fraction of the time Lisp has, yet still doesn't have multiline lambdas.

Lisp is for grown up programmers. Python is for hipster 20-somethings who are too busy jerking each other over on Reddit. Everything else has its uses.

Satori

The Touhou

>>2

back to /jp/

>>1
fuck off and die lithpfag

Wait, what? How can you have single line lambdas with FIOC?

Lambdas and anonymous functions are stupid. I once wrote a Javascript application that was one function called from onload with dozens of anonymous functions passed to jQuery procedures. I used to write Java much the same way. Then as my applications grew larger, I learned only to use anonymous functions for very small functions. Python's lambdas are perfect. If your lambda needs more than one line in any language, it should be a separate function.

>>6
Nah.  You just write shit code, that's all.

>>7
No, I don't write Lisp.

>>8
explains why you write shit code, then

>>6
I would *maybe* agree with
If your lambda needs more than one STATEMENT in any language, it should be a separate function.

Not because giving functions that are only referenced in one place a name is a good thing (because it's not. It's stupid is what it is.) but because side-effects are AIDS.

And Python's inability to break up expressions into more than one line is more indication of imperative AID.

Also, any language that makes you use a statement to bind a variable to a value is shit.

>>6

Python programmers are this retarded.

>>9
Fuck off, ``smug lithpfag''.