Another reason to learn Lisp is that it’s been around for over 6 decades. Algol 60 is the only other language from that era that I can think that still strongly

Another reason to learn Lisp is that it’s been around for over 6 decades. Algol 60 is the only other language from that era that I can think that still strongly influences contemporary practice. Since all of Algol’s descendants have felt the need to introduce their own syntactic novelties, contemporary Lisps feel considerably closer to the parent language. The Lindy effect means that the odds are very good that if you do learn Lisp it will remain relevant for the rest of your life.