Right, I'm not even just talking about code as data in a homoiconic sense but literally just, code is a bag of instructions (jumps, load, store, add, etc) regar

Right, I'm not even just talking about code as data in a homoiconic sense but literally just, code is a bag of instructions (jumps, load, store, add, etc) regardless of if your language is homoiconic or not. Maybe the point that can be made is that exposure to a homoiconic language earlier helps bridge this gap faster?