Well, that does sound subjective. By far not all lisp code is actually being manipulated as data in any non-trivial way. And for situations where all you are do

Well, that does sound subjective. By far not all lisp code is actually being manipulated as data in any non-trivial way. And for situations where all you are doing really is adding a few numbers together, why not write it in a way that is intuitive in the problem domain, rather than intuitive in what you call lisp mode? To me, being able to separate the two is an advantage. Your internal martial arts argument is void, for you are frozen in the shape of s-expressions and refuse to adapt to any other container.