&gt; What you describe is just the data syntax for s-expressions. Not the syntax of the programming language Lisp.<p>Exactly.  The data syntax if what most people worry about. The names of the verbs (funcs&#x2F;methods&#x2F;etc.) may change from language to language, but the data syntax is what trips people up.  I think Lisp has one of the simplest and clearest.  There are very few cases of &quot;oh you can&#x27;t write that there, only nouns are allowed in that position&quot;.<p>I agree with your point, but I think we&#x27;re arguing slightly different points here ;)