From: Kedar Mhaswade <kedar.mhaswade@...>
Date: 2011-01-11T23:29:38+09:00
Subject: Parallel Assignments and Elegance/Complexity Ratio.

In SICP, I read that "Programs should be written for people to read, and
only incidentally for machines to execute".

While reading David/Matz book, I stumbled upon parallel assignments and
I thought the language was trying to be too flexible (adding complexity,
at least for a newcomer). My head soon started
spinning (when it reached a, (b, (c,d)) = 1, [2, [3, 4]] I was
exhausted).

My experience is recorded here:
https://docs1.google.com/document/d/1zpHvfO4be3UvjaxU7L5gEPXFMENcMmEz9qqIcecEzOg/edit?hl=en#

Summary is, I should only spend time learning
- x, y, z = 1, 2, 3 (# => x=1, y=1, z=3), and
- x, y = y, x (# => swap x and y)

I gather that this might be a matter of taste and style, but are other
variants used by community?

Thank you,
Kedar

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