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Re: [Re: Bracket heresies. What about subscripting?]
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> > > #{ a**2 + b**4 / c[i] } ;; e.g.
> > >
> > > becomes:
> > >
> > > (/ (+ (pow a 2) (pow b 4))
> > > (vector-ref c i))
>
> By the way, by my understanding of common precedence laws the above expressions
> are completely different.
>
Ouch! Right you are! You've (unintentionally) completely demolished my
argument :-) Lack of ambiguity is a powerful feature in favor of prefix
syntax.
Mike