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Once you use Lisp a bit, the parentheses fade away.

It's like bicycle riding. As a beginner one thinks those supports wheels at the sides of the bicycle are absolutely necessary. One is constantly struggling to keep upright. Once you can ride a bike without them, one asks if they were ever necessary. Then one never thinks consciously about keeping balance.



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