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All Lisp indentation schemes are ugly


Indentation styles are a hot topic in every language. So let's see how Lisps do indentation! Uuuuuuugh!

By Artyom Bologov Once you get used to Lisp, you stop noticing the parentheses and rely on indentation instead. A solution that will likely satisfy a proponent of any indentation style: "Just put it all on one line lol." This style of indentation (putting function name on one line, and arguments on the other) was frowned upon more than once in my practice:

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