I'm also a Lisp and C programmer (want to get better at Forth too). I think Lisp and C (not C++) share an important characteristic that few other languages sha

I'm also a Lisp and C programmer (want to get better at Forth too). I think Lisp and C (not C++) share an important characteristic that few other languages share: being low-level. C is low-level due to minimal abstractions from the hardware. Lisp is low-level due to minimal abstractions from the AST. People wanting to program very close to hardware feel comfortable with C. People wanting to program very close to the compiler feel comfortable with Lisp.