Comment by dragonwriter

5 hours ago

> HTML (and XMLish syntax in general) is LISP syntax (not semantics) in disguise

No, its not. If it was, the attribute vs. child element distinction would not exist. HTML (and HTML-inspired XML) syntax is not a trivial alternative to S-expression syntax, it is more complex with additional distinctions.

A simplified subset of (HT|X)ML that uses only elements and no attributes is pretty much directyl equivalent to S-expressions, sure.

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dragonwriter

embedding-shape 4 hours ago

> A simplified subset of (HT|X)ML that uses only elements and no attributes is pretty much directyl equivalent to S-expressions, sure.

Add one more type, like a map, now you have attributes

  (fn btn ()
   (div
    {onClick (fn ())}
    "Click me"))