On: Differences with other Lisps

[patrec]

I fully agree (and thanks for the idiomatic let bracket ordering correction). But the fact that terribly hacks like this are nonetheless adopted shows how much of a pain the paren clutter is and that claims to the contrary are pure cope.

[bjoli → patrec]

It is not a terrible hack. It is a useful thing to do if you dont have things like paren highlighting or paredit.

I am firmly in the "paren clutter doesn't exist" camp.

[mpfundstein → patrec]

i maintain two large CL code basis. there is no pain because of parens. really not...