Does this pattern you dislike apply to lots of round brackets?
One way to tell when you're using a programming language that's not powerful enough is by the amount of pattern in your source code. If you do a lot of command-c command-v followed by changing variable names, you're probably writing macroexpansions by hand.
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You are teaching your son Basic right? That language was popular before mouse, copy-and-paste, etc existed. Without easy copying, you end up writing subroutines more often.
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which languages do you think are lame from this point of view?
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Is this part of why you enjoy LISP?
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Interesting. Record editor sessions, recognize CCCV, propose use of functional paradigm, decorators, or (GASP) a Lisp.
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Do you actually need macroexpansions for this? How are simple functions not sufficient?
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For good programmers, this is true in low abstraction languages. For bad programmers, you'd get that with any language. Call it the 6ft test: look at their screen from 6ft away and you see blocks with the same pattern, provided one has poor eyesight. Great refactoring technique.
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