Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)

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Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
From: nomore@spam.org (Keke Abe)
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 15:45:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Janos Blazi wrote:

> (/ (+ (- b) (sqrt ( - (* b b) (* 4 (* a c))))) (* 2 a))
> 
> ot something like that (I have not checked if the formula is correct) still
> looks messy and I wonder if practicing would help.

(/ (+ (- b) 
      (sqrt (- (* b b) 
               (* 4 a c))))
   (* 2 a))

What you need is not a pratice, just a decent editor.

abe

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