Awesome
NOTE: references appreciated!
History of Lisp Parentheses
A historical look at the many attempts to improve Lisp's most notorious artifact—parentheses.
I'd like to find out how people tolerated parens back in the golden days of Lisp. I have a feeling we might've forgotten some things that would be useful today, or might influence some new ideas.
Roughly, we cover the history in four parts:
Archived References
See the following archive of historical papers and manuals referenced in the sections above: