What Lisp are you talking about? If Lisp isn't simple, what is, then? Sure, if you want to become a skilled programmer in Lisp, it would take many years. But th

What Lisp are you talking about? If Lisp isn't simple, what is, then? Sure, if you want to become a skilled programmer in Lisp, it would take many years. But that is applicable to anything in life after all. The original Lisp 1.5 Programmers Manual had 106 pages, including appendices and a glossary. Scheme specification is very small too. It may be arguable that the lots of parenthesis is unappeling, but not that the language is complex.