85% languages (was Re:Linux fat/bloated)

[Peter]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

>   The problem is not the parentheses so much as the style that lisp
>   coders use: "))))))))))))))" does look intimidating. If they were
>   indented in the way most other language styles prefer, they would
>   be quite understandable.

There is a version of Lisp where you can have the editor put in the 
)))... by just putting in a '}'.
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