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Lisp is a lot of fun and easy to start with. Don't be afraid by all these nasty (()) and weird (+ 4 5) operations , it will make sense quite fast.

They aren't as ugly as XML ;)

This was a great read convincing me so: http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html

I prefer: (defun add(a b) (+ a b))

Over: <defun name="add"><params><param>a</param><param>b</param></params> <+><a></a><b></b></+></defun> (Or some variant thereof)

Any day. The article above improved my understanding and appreciation of Lisp(s) but it made me dislike Java even more than what I already had!



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