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There’s a balance to be struck between conciseness and readability. Don’t be terse as APL and don’t be as verbose as Java. Clojure hits the sweet spot for me, it’s subjective ofc.

I agree. Although J has always had a certain pull on me :)

Nobody likes Lisp syntax initially. That goes away after working with it for a short while.

I guess that's a hurdle the vast majority of developers never cross :-)

I didn't say the dislike was deserved! But there is a "norm" and to depart from it you need to bring something very valuable.

I disliked the syntax, but was very curious why lots of devs were fascinated by it. Started to study Lisp/Clojure in 2015 and used more and more, and nowadays I love it.