>More than anything else, I think it is the ability of Lisp programs to manipulate Lisp expressions that sets Lisp apart. And so no one who has not written a lot of macros is really in a position to compare Lisp to other languages. When I hear people complain about Lisp's parentheses, it sounds to my ears like someone saying: "I tried one of those bananas, which you say are so delicious. The white part was ok, but the yellow part was very tough and tasted awful." – Paul Graham
Lisp programmers don't deal with "parens hell". That's one of the misconceptions that come from outsider looking in. Parens are for the editor. Lisp indeed uses indentation and not parens as you said. It's very python-like that way."You have reached Lisp enlightenment when parens disappear"
I think it would be real helpful to have editor for beginners that shows parents as transparent and low contrast, separately from the rest of the code. It would help people to understand they should not be trying to match them visually.
Educated guess: because you have zero experience developing an application or utility program in a language in the Lisp family. Because then if you still harbored a caricature, it would probably be more sophisticated.
Because it’s just that, a caricature. Having spent enough time using sexps (primarily in Clojure) I’ve found that with a decent editor it is about identation and line breaks, which is generally true of most languages.
Lisp programmers don't deal with "parens hell". That's one of the misconceptions that come from outsider looking in. Parens are for the editor. Lisp indeed uses indentation and not parens as you said. It's very python-like that way."You have reached Lisp enlightenment when parens disappear"
I think it would be real helpful to have editor for beginners that shows parents as transparent and low contrast, separately from the rest of the code. It would help people to understand they should not be trying to match them visually.