Critique of Graham's Lisp Coding Style
2025-07-13
This review analyzes the maintainability and portability of Graham's Lisp code, finding it concise with short, well-motivated function definitions. However, it criticizes his overly brief and cryptic naming conventions, excessive use of nested if statements, avoidance of loop constructs, and preference for recursion over iteration, even at the risk of stack overflows. These stylistic choices deviate from common Lisp practices and can negatively impact code readability.
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