Comment by iLemming

> S-expressions really are the game changer.

I know, right? The hardest part is that no amount of explaining and convincing anyone who never tried truly grokking this aspect of the homoiconic nature of Lisps really moves the needle. It's like living in ancient Greece, trying to convince people that riding a bike is enormously fun. No matter how verbally you explain, no matter how many blueprints and drawings you produce — until you build one and teach someone to ride it, nothing would change — people will not believe you.

Same is true with Lisp; until you get to experience the structural editing and REPL-driven workflow yourself, you wouldn't even know what you're missing.