As someone who's gotten away from programming in the past few (er, several.. many... how old am I now anyway?) years, this kind of stuff is what keeps me from g

As someone who's gotten away from programming in the past few (er, several.. many... how old am I now anyway?) years, this kind of stuff is what keeps me from getting back in. I think "Oh, Clojure [or whatever] looks cool..." but by the time I get through installing a bunch of different programs and figuring out how to deploy something and whatnot, I never make it to really learning much. I just want to start up, you know, Borland Turbo C, and get to writing code. I'm sure I'm making it more of a big deal than it is because I am old and cranky, but it really can seem daunting, even if it's only in appearance.