> the paren-heavy syntax wasn't meant for humans In Lisp the "paren-heavy syntax" was for humans. It was even a part of M-exprs. It was the syntax for data in

> the paren-heavy syntax wasn't meant for humans In Lisp the "paren-heavy syntax" was for humans. It was even a part of M-exprs. It was the syntax for data in the m-expression syntax. But the M-exprs wasn't implemented, the code was translated by humans to full s-expressions and entered that way. Users then found out that it was easier to stay with s-expressions.