Am i the only one who likes lisp because of the parenthesis and the lack of syntax? The parens are the perfect way of representing the syntax trees, and you dont have to be bothered with remembering all the syntax and operators etc like with the other languages.
Hm, this feels like comitting hara-kiri, but I actually found the eight queens sample:<p><a href="http://www.genyris.com/wiki?page=default/eightqueenssource" rel="nofollow">http://www.genyris.com/wiki?page=default/eightqueenssource</a><p>A lot more readable than the 'regular' lisp version:<p><a href="http://obereed.net/queens/algorithm.html" rel="nofollow">http://obereed.net/queens/algorithm.html</a><p>By automating the process of converting between 'indented' lisp and 'regular' lisp those that want it can have it and those that do not can simply ignore it.
Best attempt at this has got to be Dylan. Latest, plausible, attempt is probably David Moon's PLOT (Programming for Old Timers):<p><a href="http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/PLOT/" rel="nofollow">http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/PLOT/</a><p>See how he does macros for a syntax-full language :-)<p><a href="http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/PLOT/Moon-ILC09.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://users.rcn.com/david-moon/PLOT/Moon-ILC09.pdf</a>
Either have parentheses and format by hand or use parentheses and have the editor format the text. Personally, I like the latter best. Easier to change stuff.