The thing is when you know lisp (or scheme) you understand programming languages much more fundamentally than you would otherwise and so jumping from one progra

The thing is when you know lisp (or scheme) you understand programming languages much more fundamentally than you would otherwise and so jumping from one programming language to another becomes much easier. (BTW, I hated Scheme in school, but I have since seen the light thanks to SICP.) Overall, I agree with the theme of this sub-thread that non-idiomatic code in any language is a real pain in the ass. I see this everyday when I look at code written by scientists who are smart, driven, motivated people and therein lies the problem.