This is an interesting hypothesis, and I've also heard something similar said of clojure: it makes lisp just a little bit less opaque (by way of macros not bein

This is an interesting hypothesis, and I've also heard something similar said of clojure: it makes lisp just a little bit less opaque (by way of macros not being so popular, introducing {} and [] as a little bit of extra syntax, emphasizing a very targeted philosophy on several aspects, etc.