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dr_kiszonkayesterday at 5:31 PM1 replyview on HN

So I know a Lisp dialect? Fascinating.


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timbit42yesterday at 9:47 PM

The main difference is Logo has fixed arity and so doesn't need parens. Lisp has variable arity and so needs parens.

So in Lisp you can say:

> (+ 1 2 3)

and it will add all the numbers together. In Logo, you have to say:

> 1 + 2 + 3