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1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 19:42:29 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ
   I am interested in hearing what non-lispers think of this syntax. https://pastebin.com/jNcQPsYx https://quitter.se/attachment/4625005
   1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 19:43:43 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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      For the purpose of the question, Common Lisp, Scheme, and Clojure are considered kinds of lisps. I am looking into reducing parens.
      1. Koz Ross (koz@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 20:41:26 EDT Koz Ross

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         @taknamay Are you familiar with SRFIs 49, 105, 110 and/or 119? They all seem to address your exact issues and use-case.
         1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 21:18:00 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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            @koz Yes I'm familiar but I'm looking for a more drastic break, not just a layer on top of Scheme
            1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 21:18:51 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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               @koz I'm OK with the parens but am wondering if an s-expr based language can ever hit mainstream.
               1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 21:20:37 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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                  @koz for example, I don't think any of those address static type systems.
                  1. Koz Ross (koz@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 21:24:08 EDT Koz Ross

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                     @taknamay Yeah, static type labels are definitely not addressed by these. Thought they might prove helpful.
                     1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 21:29:26 EDT Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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                        @koz Now that I think of it, maybe that would be a good SRFI. I think Kawa does optional types in a non-obtrusive way.