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Using plus(a,b) for complex types sounds fine to me… I have to imagine if I were working with a huge file of these for a while it would start to feel normal, just like every language has a different syntax but you eventually feel comfortable using.


Are you sure you would find this more ergonomically pleasing:

assign(x, plus(a, plus(b, plus(c, b))))

When you could have:

x = a + b + c + d;

Or:

(let x (+ a b c d))

?


is assign(x, plus(a, b, c, d)) not an option?




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