top | item 34846470 (no title) StreamBright | 3 years ago I guess: f x -- obscure and mathematical(f x) -- too many parenthesesf(x) -- PERFECT discuss order hn newest ElfinTrousers|3 years ago Well hold on, what's wrong with (f) x? fm2606|3 years ago >> (f x) -- too many parentheses>> f(x) -- PERFECTThey have the same number of parentheses.f(x) is probably something you have seen for the majority of your life as this is how math is taught. StreamBright|3 years ago I was just saying that syntax arguments most of the time are silly. I like LISP and ML languages, so for me it doesn't really matter if I need to write LISPy code or ML code.
fm2606|3 years ago >> (f x) -- too many parentheses>> f(x) -- PERFECTThey have the same number of parentheses.f(x) is probably something you have seen for the majority of your life as this is how math is taught. StreamBright|3 years ago I was just saying that syntax arguments most of the time are silly. I like LISP and ML languages, so for me it doesn't really matter if I need to write LISPy code or ML code.
StreamBright|3 years ago I was just saying that syntax arguments most of the time are silly. I like LISP and ML languages, so for me it doesn't really matter if I need to write LISPy code or ML code.
ElfinTrousers|3 years ago
fm2606|3 years ago
>> f(x) -- PERFECT
They have the same number of parentheses.
f(x) is probably something you have seen for the majority of your life as this is how math is taught.
StreamBright|3 years ago