Not everyone uses plugins. I don't have autocomplete but my parens flash when they're paired. I like it. You write the parentheses because they have meaning. I

Not everyone uses plugins. I don't have autocomplete but my parens flash when they're paired. I like it. You write the parentheses because they have meaning. I can understand your frustration but I don't think you gave lisp a fair chance if you are asking "why parens". > '(this is a list) > this is a list These don't have the same meaning. The computer can't know what meaning you want to give to the code beforehand.