The cognitive dissonance required to believe that C++ templates are 'monstrous' while Lisp S-expressions are awesomely useful and productive is enormous. C++ t

The cognitive dissonance required to believe that C++ templates are 'monstrous' while Lisp S-expressions are awesomely useful and productive is enormous. C++ templates are far from user-friendly, but they're literally (literally) just Lisp S-expressions with a Lisp syntax and semantics.