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Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax (2020) by actually_a_dog on Sunday August 28, 2022 @05:58PM (#32632491)
> it can be an annoyance when reading LISP-like code

Just mentally collapse any number of consecutive close parens into a thing that reads like "END."

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Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax (2020) by lispm on Sunday August 28, 2022 @06:54PM (#32632904)
In Interlisp one would write a super parenthesis, which closes all open parentheses, upto an opening [ or the top ( :

  (a (b c (d ]
and also

  (z (a [b c (d]
        [e f (g]]
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