&gt;  If you mean Lisp as a straightforward expression of &quot;Lambda calculus, then I would agree.<p>That&#x27;s what I was talking about.  The language, being programmable, especially with read macros, can be used to create a very syntactically full language, but at it&#x27;s basic core level, there is really just &#x27;(&#x27;, &#x27;)&#x27;, &#x27;.&#x27; and symbols.