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2 points by EliAndrewC 6133 days ago | link | parent

Right; my impression was always that Arc would basically just insert the parens for you on every level of indentation.


2 points by roger_purves 6132 days ago | link

On "code should be written to read":

I like scheme a lot; and the parentheses never bothered me. But one device which could provide a gradual path through the thicket of parentheses, and perhaps make Arc more inviting to beginners, would be the:

        hide/show invisibles
of word processors. There could even be levels:

       hide/show some invisibles
       hide/show more invisibles
       hide/show all invisibles
Roger Purves

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1 point by EliAndrewC 6132 days ago | link

Yeah, personally I don't really care whether this is even a language feature or an editor feature. The ability to hide/show more or fewer is certainly interesting.

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