With dense code, you have to think about every word. With sparse code, you have to think along with every line/block/idiom. Both require the (same?) thought pro

With dense code, you have to think about every word. With sparse code, you have to think along with every line/block/idiom. Both require the (same?) thought process, but with dense code you get two advantages: - You can look ahead easier and get a bird's-eye-view - Once you learn an operator, recognizing it (and writing it correctly) becomes a single word instead of said line/block/idiom. My guess is that [uvar _ topcolor] is a function similar to (lambda (x) (uvar x topcolor)). That's just a guess, but once I learn whatever it is, I'd wage that it's easier to recognize and debug the bracket syntax.