Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

Frode Vatvedt Fjeld frodef at cs.uit.no
Wed Oct 8 15:48:32 EDT 2003


"Andrew Dalke" <adalke at mindspring.com> writes:

> That point has been made over and over to you.  The argument is that
> expressive power for a single developer can, for a group of
> developers and especially those comprised of people with different
> skill sets and mixed expertise, reduce the overall effectiveness of
> the group.

This is true for all abstractions: Syntactic, linguistic, or
functional. Good abstractions are good, bad abstractions are bad,
regardless.

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Frode Vatvedt Fjeld




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