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* Wisp

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#+BEGIN_SRC wisp 
define : factorial n
    if : zero? n
       . 1
       * n : factorial {n - 1}
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\begin{center}
I love the syntax of Python, \\
but crave the simplicity and power of Lisp.
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* Why wisp?



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\Large

\textyen Hello World!\pounds

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Hello World!

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(Hello World!)

** Notes                                                            :B_quote:
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- The first and last letter are important for word recognition¹

- 70% of the lines in the Guile scheme source start with a paren \Rightarrow noise

\footnotesize

¹: Though not all-important. See \\ [[http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/cmabridge/][www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/cmabridge/]]
 
* The most common letters: a strength of Lisp and Scheme

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=.,":'_#?!;=

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/The most common non-letter, non-math characters in prose¹/

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=()=

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/The most common paired characters¹/

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\footnotesize
¹: From letter distributions in newspapers, see: \\ [[https://bitbucket.org/ArneBab/evolve-keyboard-layout/src/tip/1-gramme.arne.txt][bitbucket.org/ArneBab/evolve-keyboard-layout/src/tip/1-gramme.arne.txt]]

* Wisp
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#+BEGIN_SRC wisp 
define : factorial n
    if : zero? n
       . 1
       * n : factorial {n - 1}
#+END_SRC


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#+BEGIN_SRC wisp
(define (factorial n)
    (if (zero? n)
      1
      (* n (factorial {n - 1}))))
#+END_SRC

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\footnotesize

- Wisp uses the minimal syntax required to represent arbitrary structures: \\ Syntax justification: [[http://draketo.de/english/wisp#sec-4][draketo.de/english/wisp#sec-4]]

- Many more examples in “From Python to Guile Scheme”: \\ [[http://draketo.de/py2guile][draketo.de/py2guile]] \rightarrow [[http://draketo.de/proj/py2guile/py2guile.pdf][draketo.de/proj/py2guile/py2guile.pdf]]

* Applications?

* Why try wisp?

- Plan B: 

* Thank you

** Thank you!

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»ArneBab's alternate sexp syntax is best I've seen; pythonesque, hides parens but keeps power« — Christopher Webber

** Try wisp

[[http://draketo.de/english/wisp][draketo.de/english/wisp]]

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