It is amazing how elegant s-expressions are. And just how much pain that could have been avoided by using them. Markup languages, configuration files, you name

It is amazing how elegant s-expressions are. And just how much pain that could have been avoided by using them. Markup languages, configuration files, you name it. Sometimes there are advantages for alternate notations, but most are quite niche. Now, if just all the lisp dialects would stop bikeshedding...