Specifically with scheme, I believe the main problem is the symbols lack any distinction to know the difference between a function call and a syntactic form. (

Specifically with scheme, I believe the main problem is the symbols lack any distinction to know the difference between a function call and a syntactic form. (Don't shoot the messenger, I've done my fair share of scheme. I've also done a lot of thinking about why some people are so turned off from the syntax, and it's certainly not that the opening parenthesis is in a slightly different place on the prefix function calls)