> Two tendencies combine to make "parentheses" the Lisp topic that in sheer quantity dwarfs all other Lisp topics added together Parentheses (and along with th

> Two tendencies combine to make "parentheses" the Lisp topic that in sheer quantity dwarfs all other Lisp topics added together Parentheses (and along with them s-expressions and macros) are one of the few characteristics still unique to Lisp. Most of the other features - including GC, dynamic typing, first-class functions and lexical scoping - are now shared with other programming languages as well.