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Yup...i can confirm that (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] joyjoy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You say that, then use a language that allows you to do this (it's not lisp)

if (foo);
{
  bar();
}
[โ€“] tux0r 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can make embarrassing mistakes in virtually any programming language that's not too esoteric.

When I still used Python for prototyping (today, I usually use Go for that), it happened much too often that I did this:

if foo:
    bar()
   foobar() # syntax error

In Lisp, however, both errors are much harder to make (not even considering GNU Emacs's superb auto-indentation - which is what most Lispers use these days, as far as I know):

(when foo)  ;; <- obvious!
    (bar))

(when foo
    (bar)
          (foobar)  ;; <- still valid
(quux))  ;; <- also still valid