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You say that, then use a language that allows you to do this (it's not lisp)
You can make embarrassing mistakes in virtually any programming language that's not too esoteric.
When I still used Python for prototyping (today, I usually use Go for that), it happened much too often that I did this:
In Lisp, however, both errors are much harder to make (not even considering GNU Emacs's superb auto-indentation - which is what most Lispers use these days, as far as I know):