That's so true, you can write Fortran in any language! I've seen great Java codebases and atrocious Clojure out there. Developing good non-over-engineered abst

That's so true, you can write Fortran in any language! I've seen great Java codebases and atrocious Clojure out there. Developing good non-over-engineered abstractions is hard. But with Lisp it's a bit easier. Some places do abuse macro DSLs and you can end up, as you said, working on a local language with no transferable skills.