Ah c'mon that's cheating! Real Programmers start with Steele and Sussman's Design of a LISP-based microprocessor, and hit the FPGAs before they so much as writ

Ah c'mon that's cheating! Real Programmers start with Steele and Sussman's Design of a LISP-based microprocessor, and hit the FPGAs before they so much as write 'cons'!