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		actually_a_dog on Aug 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Intuition for Lisp Syntax (2020) > it can be an annoyance when reading LISP-like code Just mentally collapse any number of consecutive close parens into a thing that reads like "END."

_19qg on Aug 28, 2022 [–]

In Interlisp one would write a super parenthesis, which closes all open parentheses, upto an opening [ or the top ( :

  (a (b c (d ]

and also

  (z (a [b c (d]
        [e f (g]]

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