On: Learn Lisp the Hard Way

[rtpg]

Simplicity of syntax does not translate to ease of use. Or else we'd all be programming in one-instruction Turing Tarpit.

[kazinator → rtpg]

That's right; Lisp's syntax is not only simple; it is simple while retaining the power to combines together and express any syntax tree. If you put on special Lisp goggles, you can see S-expressions inside the syntaxes of other languages.