I totally agree that lisp isn't magic once you have seen past the alien notation and a couple of new paradigms (pervasive meta programming, fp, symbolic manipul

I totally agree that lisp isn't magic once you have seen past the alien notation and a couple of new paradigms (pervasive meta programming, fp, symbolic manipulation, laziness). But I consider it foolish to discount that barrier for a programmer who has never ventured outside the baroque temple of the curly brace. Perception is significant as reality.