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I was reading through the emacs lisp manual and came across the
following paragraph:

   * Don't make a habit of putting close-parentheses on lines by
     themselves; Lisp programmers find this disconcerting.

Why do "Lisp programmers find this disconcerting" ? Do *all* Lisp
programmers find this disconcerting ? I don't.

     Once in a while, when there is a sequence of many consecutive
     close-parentheses, it may make sense to split the sequence in one
     or two significant places.

Isn't this arbitrary ? It does not sound like a standard.

Can Emacs lisp gurus shed some light on this ?