<i>"And it gets way, way worse once you start writing actual programs as opposed to mere arithmetic expressions."</i><p>I deal with the issue of arithmetic expressions the same way i deal with any other lisp code, i indent properly:<p><pre><code> (+ (* 1.2
(- 2
1/3))
-8.7)
</code></pre>
now just read it from the deepest level outwards.
Eli responds to him nicely:<p><a href="http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/the-long-overdue-serious-attempt-at-lisp-part-2-is-lisp-just-too-hard/#comment-1430" rel="nofollow">http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/the-long-overdue-seri...</a>