> Besides, why is there a lack of exposure? Why, because everything else is different. But why is it different? Isn't the obvious conclusion that Algol syntax family is vastly more prevalent for the simple reason that people prefer it, and simple homoiconicity is not sufficiently enticing?
That is just confusing cause and effect.
> All arguments in favor of Lisp syntax feel like they ultimately boil down to "you're holding it wrong". And that may well be so - but if so many people are finding it so awkward to hold, isn't that prima facie evidence of ergonomic deficiency?
You are confusing cause and effect again, this time by implying that there is something fixed about the way people learn languages (Chomsky's "language organ"). Learning is not like the shape of your hand.
Once you learn structured editing, Lisp code can be written and changed in much fewer keystrokes than code expressed in a more complicated grammar, which is actually ergonomic.
I'll grant you that I haven't given any evidence for my claim, either. But, again, the onus is on those claiming that syntax doesn't matter to prove so, against overwhelming practical evidence (showcased by user count) that it does.
That is just confusing cause and effect.
> All arguments in favor of Lisp syntax feel like they ultimately boil down to "you're holding it wrong". And that may well be so - but if so many people are finding it so awkward to hold, isn't that prima facie evidence of ergonomic deficiency?
You are confusing cause and effect again, this time by implying that there is something fixed about the way people learn languages (Chomsky's "language organ"). Learning is not like the shape of your hand.
Once you learn structured editing, Lisp code can be written and changed in much fewer keystrokes than code expressed in a more complicated grammar, which is actually ergonomic.