Paul Graham on Twitter: "Lisp's parentheses are the bumps on the top of Lego."

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1. crankycatcoder‏ @crankycatcoder 11 Feb 2019
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  If only they were that pretty.
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1. pax‏ @drpax 11 Feb 2019
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  Russian smilies! )))
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1. Alchemist Camp‏ @AlchemistCamp 11 Feb 2019
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  Have you ever made something with Elixir (or Erlang)?
  
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1. bobby sutter‏ @sobbybutter 11 Feb 2019
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  That's a great way to put it. The Lego bumps let you know that the piece is compatible with any other, in the same way that happens when you treat code as data and use parens as boundaries.
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1. Gene Linetsky‏ @GeneLinetsky 11 Feb 2019
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  So are the dots in functional notation.
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1. David Fuhr ‏ @0xdhf 11 Feb 2019
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  So you can disguise your legoing as parent(hes)ing?
  
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1. Chris‏ @ChrisSBronkhors 11 Feb 2019
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  Beautiful
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1. Benjamin Jones‏ @abqpythonista 11 Feb 2019
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  Counterpoint. Lisp LEFT parentheses are the bumps on the top of the Lego.
  
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