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[–] tux0r 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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