Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with different syntaxes.

— Erik Naggum, Re: S-exp vs XML, HTML, LaTeX (was: Why lisp is growing)

Source: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/9a30c508201627ee

From a Usenet article titled 'Re: S-exp vs XML, HTML, LaTeX (was: Why lisp is growing)'.

Topics: programming