I've long ignored the Lisp formatting debates because I seem to provide, for myself at least, the only counter-example that many authors are convinced doesn't e

I've long ignored the Lisp formatting debates because I seem to provide, for myself at least, the only counter-example that many authors are convinced doesn't exist. That is, the traditional Lisp parentheses "hell" is very much readable to me, thank you. More so than the C-indented style. I use C-M-b and -f to jump around the parentheses but I would do the same with properly indented C code as well. I don't always "see" whether this right paren aligns with the left paren that has 16 or 20 spaces of indentation. Secondly, the author dismissed the argument of lots of indentation and lone right parens making the code longer, but it's a valid point. I can see the Lisp function in one screenful while the C version would flow outside. And for me, that's even worse. Third, code always needs mental parsing in your head. Code isn't meant to be merely read, it's meant to be inspected and studied. It's an interactive process and it's not cheating to use an interactive editor to help you with that.