Here's my standard response to this topic: http://www.chriswarbo.net/blog/2017-08-29-s_expressions.html http://www.chriswarbo.net/blog/2017-08-29-s_expressions.

Here's my standard response to this topic: http://www.chriswarbo.net/blog/2017-08-29-s_expressions.html http://www.chriswarbo.net/blog/2017-08-29-s_expressions.html tl;dr the parentheses are just the way s-expressions are serialised; there are many existing alternatives, e.g. based on indentation, etc.