@KatS @millihertz @SEGFAULT haha, same. "A combination of factors around the time I was at university [... ] Perl - specifically my horror to learn that it flattens (1,2,3,(4,5,6)) to (1,2,3,4,5,6) - yes, I know about references, but I think it's a bug not a feature that the sensible syntax is reserved for the silly behaviour"

(From http://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2012/10/lisp-hackers-daniel-barlow.html?m=1 )