Also the C++ standard includes the standard library. The standard library can be considered part of the language. If you include the standard library for C# thi

Also the C++ standard includes the standard library. The standard library can be considered part of the language. If you include the standard library for C# this adds up to several thousand pages. Lisp like Smalltalk have very little syntax, but this is mostly because constructs which are part of the syntax in bigger languages are constructed in Lisp and Smalltalk on the simple syntax; and you still have to know how to write loops or closures or the like; or if you want OO in Lisp you have to know CLOS, which has many pages.