only a minority of people feel comfortable thinking in s-expressions I think that everyone coming to Lisp for a period of time experiences this discomfort. It'

only a minority of people feel comfortable thinking in s-expressions I think that everyone coming to Lisp for a period of time experiences this discomfort. It's a completely new way to think. I don't believe, however, that only certain people are capable (with practice) of comfortably programming in S-expressions. I think it just comes down to who is willing to experience the discomfort for the length of time it will take until they have their first "aha!" moment. For me, I had some minor "aha!" moments while programming in Lisp, but not enough to switch. It was only later, when I wanted more powerful compile-time capabilities in C and when I joined python-ideas and started seeing the plethora of syntax proposals (often followed by lengthy debates which usually led to no changes) before I realized just what makes Lisp a more powerful language.