@blacklight @szescstopni @rrwo @Threadbane the parentheses are an essential part of the language, being that one of the distinguishing features of any Lisp is the ability to write code that transforms parts of your program into other forms before it runs (sometimes while it runs). You can do this with any programming language of course, but Lisp's minimal syntax makes it easier to do for both the programmer and the compiler — meaning a lower cognitive burden for the programmer, and also a smaller, more efficient memory footprint for compiled binaries.

Once you get used to it, nothing could be more intuitive than the elegant, minimalist syntax of Lisp.