Re: why are there [v e c t o r s] in Lisp?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

> "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
> writes:
>
>> And even lisp, for example, doesn't have a literal
>> syntax for a lot of lisp data type, such as hash
>> tables or CLOS objects. I mentionned emacs lisp
>> buffers, but a lot of emacs editing data structures
>> don't have any literal syntax.
>
> Most likely the need for such syntax is proportional
> to the frequence by which the feature is used.

Yes.  There is also some historical reasons, the older the type, the
best/more literal syntax it has.

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