What is your favorite misconception about Lisp?
common-lisp, lisp, scheme
Solution
That all the parentheses make code unreadable. After about two weeks, and with a decent text editor, you just stop noticing them.
[ETA - just found a quote by long-time lisper Kenny Tilton: "Parentheses? What parentheses? I haven't noticed any parentheses since my first month of Lisp programming. I like to ask people who complain about parentheses in Lisp if they are bothered by all the spaces between words in a newspaper..."]
Problem
Please respond with one by one. If you explain why it is not true then try to avoid general statements and provide particular examples.