Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Tla spork

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >         if (a) { b } else { c }
>> > or as
>> >         (if a b c)

> Nope, this would be:
>   if (a1 + a2 - a3 > 0) { b1 = b2(b3 + b4) } else { c1 = c2(c3 + c4) }
> versus:
>   (if (> (- (+ a1 a2) a3) 0) (set b1 (b2 (+ b2 b3))) (set c1 (c2 (+ c3 c4))))
> And which one is more readable?

I explicitly acknowledged a difference in legibility (which is to a large
extent dependent on training, coding style, and tools anyway).  But he said
he didn't *understand* it, not that he couldn't read it.


        Stefan