Re: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor
A lot of bold comments in this response. For example:<p><pre><code>        The various ML dialects share the same flaw in their
    syntax. They lack a simple property I call editor
    friendliness. An editor friendly language has the property
    that a simple calculation is all that is needed to locate the
    beginning of an expression when one is at the end of an
    expression.
        As you can guess, Lisp is a very editor friendly language.
    Because of this fact, an experienced Emacs user realizes
    nearly all of the benefits of structure based editing
    without suffering from its restrictions.
        --- John D. Ramsdell

        The various Lisp dialects share the same flaw in their
    syntax. They lack a simple property I call human
    friendliness. A human friendly language has the property
    that syntactic constructs are different enough from one
    another that a simple visual inspection is all that is
    needed to locate the beginning of an expression when one
    is at the end of an expression.
        As you can guess, Lisp is a very human unfriendly
    language. Because of this fact, an experienced Lisp user
    realizes that it is virtually impossible to write Lisp
    programs of any size without substantial mechanical
    assistance.
        --- Andrew Koenig
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Or, something I&#x27;m sure would be controversial:<p><pre><code>    &gt; 08. Syntax highlighting of code

    Just say no.</code></pre>