> Also, I would love to hear which language(s) has a more flexible syntax than Lisp, seeing as expressiveness is one of Lisp's strong points.
I'm thinking about ML-like languages such as Elm, Haskell and Agda (to give a spectrum of examples with varying degrees of complexity in terms of language features).
> Lisps surrender the issue of syntax completely
I think I am referring to the same thing as you are when you say that they're not used like other languages, and that they are managed.
>This human finds them easy enough to parse
Easy enough is good, but I think we can do better!
> It's not that they're liked for their own sake, but they enable many advantages.
I think this is what I was trying to get at. :)
FWIW, I like lips a lot, and consider them far better than most mainstream languages.
I'm thinking about ML-like languages such as Elm, Haskell and Agda (to give a spectrum of examples with varying degrees of complexity in terms of language features).
> Lisps surrender the issue of syntax completely
I think I am referring to the same thing as you are when you say that they're not used like other languages, and that they are managed.
>This human finds them easy enough to parse
Easy enough is good, but I think we can do better!
> It's not that they're liked for their own sake, but they enable many advantages.
I think this is what I was trying to get at. :)
FWIW, I like lips a lot, and consider them far better than most mainstream languages.