Next: Input and Output, Previous: Recursion, Up: Welcome to Lisp [Contents][Index]
Lisp programmers read and write code by indentation, not by parentheses. When they are writing code, they let the text editor show which parentesis matches which. With a good editor, matching parentheses ceases to be an issue when you are writing code. And because there are universal conventions for Lisp indentation, it’s not an issue when you’re reading code either. Because everyone uses the same conventions, you can reaad code by the indentation and ignore the parentheses.