[mumblemumble]

Yes, thanks for putting it so concisely.

Personally, I do think Lisp is fun, and was having fun pretty much from the start. But, with how many people I've watched just bounce off of it, I simply can't bring myself to imagine that my experience is anything but unusual. Nor am I inclined to console myself with self-congratulatory stories about Blub.

[AnimalMuppet]

I suspect that certain styles fit the way certain people think, and don't fit the way that other people think. If Lisp fits the way you think, then learning it is a revelation - it's like being let out of prison. But if it doesn't fit, it's really hard. And those who find Lisp to be "the right way" (for them) expect that if everyone else really understood Lisp, they'd have the same magical experience. When everyone else does not have that experience, they assume that those people just haven't really understood Lisp yet.

[abrax3141]

I think that this is a function of how you were taught, not a personal preference. An excellent teacher can make pretty much anything interesting to pretty much anyone.