Back when I was still in school, I ran a few tests on real world LISP and Java (the then dominant language, this was in the late days of Sun Microsystems succes).

Turns out most LISP programs had fewer parentheses then Java had braces, parens and brackets.

I learned Lisp at uni and hated it. Thankfully that was long enough ago that I’ve forgotten everything I learned about it.

are there any JS fans who argue that it’s elegant? i thought the supposed advantage was that it’s flexible and universal.