Another point is that when programming in a Lisp, it's highly recommended to use an editor/IDE that automatically handles the balancing of parentheses and provi

Another point is that when programming in a Lisp, it's highly recommended to use an editor/IDE that automatically handles the balancing of parentheses and provides keyboard shortcuts for common transformations of s-expressions. For my day-to-day work with Clojure, Emacs and Paredit[1] meet that need handily. [1] http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit See also the Paredit CheatSheet: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PareditCheatsheet http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PareditCheatsheet