Right, but that's predictable and straightforward to manage. Lisp is far less structured, meaning there are far fewer guidelines or clear indications of intent

Right, but that's predictable and straightforward to manage. Lisp is far less structured, meaning there are far fewer guidelines or clear indications of intent built into the organization of the program. Or at least, there's enough complexity it's much more difficult to internalize than Java, even with all its verbose warts.