syntax, imperative statements and classical object verbosity and inappropriate structure always hurt me whenever I read a lisp / ml book, I sweat a bit and the

syntax, imperative statements and classical object verbosity and inappropriate structure always hurt me whenever I read a lisp / ml book, I sweat a bit and then I gain superpowers and insights, whenever I read mainstream OO books I just get a neverending stream of "please stop.. why ??" and it's not only lisp to be frank but a mindset that lisp embodies a lot.. even using an hp48 felt better than basic+algebraic programming calcs .. (at the time I had no idea what was RPL)