Comment by orthecreedence

I think the hash table syntax is a huge step in the right direction. Almost every modernly-used language ever has hash table syntax. In lisp, I have to do

    (let ((myhash (make-hash-table :test 'equal)))
      (setf (gethash "name" myhash) "andrew"
            (gethash "location" myhash) "sf"))

Instead of `#{"name" "andrew" "location" "sf"}`.