Lisp syntax has always been a complain for new programmers that approach the language(s). But as I experienced myself, syntax is just syntax. Once you learn it, it does not matter anymore.
It's like learning a foreign language: it can have a (very) different syntax from yours and at first it can be difficult. But when you learn to speak the language fluently, it comes naturally.
I experienced this also in programing languages. I started programming in Pascal and then in C, for which the syntax is almost the same. Then I went to C++ and then Java. Both are Object Oriented languages, but they have some differences in their syntax as well. Still, no big difference.
When I started with Objective-C, though, the syntax was really confusing for me, even if it's an OO language. At first I was not able to understand even the sample code. But I was interested in it (for Mac development, iPhone did not exist yet) and now I find it more natural than Java (just because I am more accustomed to it since I use it every day, not because it's better).
So, when I learnt Lisp, I did not worry about syntax anymore. Sure, it's different, but we alwys have to learn new and different things anyway. Now I develop in Clojure and syntax is, again, not a problem.
It's like learning a foreign language: it can have a (very) different syntax from yours and at first it can be difficult. But when you learn to speak the language fluently, it comes naturally.
I experienced this also in programing languages. I started programming in Pascal and then in C, for which the syntax is almost the same. Then I went to C++ and then Java. Both are Object Oriented languages, but they have some differences in their syntax as well. Still, no big difference.
When I started with Objective-C, though, the syntax was really confusing for me, even if it's an OO language. At first I was not able to understand even the sample code. But I was interested in it (for Mac development, iPhone did not exist yet) and now I find it more natural than Java (just because I am more accustomed to it since I use it every day, not because it's better).
So, when I learnt Lisp, I did not worry about syntax anymore. Sure, it's different, but we alwys have to learn new and different things anyway. Now I develop in Clojure and syntax is, again, not a problem.
EDIT: some spelling mistakes.