Lisp is read from the middle. (+ 1 2) sort of comes first since it's evaluated first. Though now that I type that out, I'm acutely aware of how strange it sou

Lisp is read from the middle. (+ 1 2) sort of comes first since it's evaluated first. Though now that I type that out, I'm acutely aware of how strange it sounds. Interesting. It's also not true in the case of macros, e.g. let. So, you're right. No wonder it seems so foreign.