Nested lists are harder to perform lookups on than maps. If I want to know what the "from" part of the SQL query is, with HoneySQL I can write: (:from que

Nested lists are harder to perform lookups on than maps. If I want to know what the "from" part of the SQL query is, with HoneySQL I can write: (:from query) On the other hand, depending on your s-expression syntax, I'd either have to find the table name positionally, or by walking the tree.