> The "profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get [functional programming]" [2] Nitpick: the quote is not exactly about functional pr

> The "profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get [functional programming]" [2] Nitpick: the quote is not exactly about functional programming, it's about Lisp. Though Lisp is often used as a functional language, there are very lisp-ish features such as macros and the (lack of) syntax that you will not necessarily find in other functional languages. That said, if you want to learn functional programming but are put off by Lisp's feel, you could try Haskell or OCaml or F#.