I already admitted that it was a guess.  But I still think I can defend it.<p>Starting in elementary school, everyone learns to read math notation.  By high school, everyone knows what<p><pre><code>  c = sqrt(a*a + b*b)
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means.  The Lisp version may be easier to read <i>for those who have spent enough time using Lisp</i>.  That&#x27;s not the majority of programmers, though, and it&#x27;s only a tiny minority of the general population.<p>Do <i>you</i> think that, to a non-Lisp programmer, the Lisp version is easier to read?  Do you think it is easier to read to a non-programmer who has had high school math?  Or is it just easier to read <i>for you?</i>