> I strongly suspect that the people who can't adapt are having difficulty because they are not programming with the new syntax full time.
That is very interesting. It took me indeed may months of night-time programming in Clojure and elisp to get at a point where I could feel confortable with the syntax. I had a series of small "enlightenment" during that journey: the last one was not long ago, when I realized how I could "carry" state through a high-order function.
But to stay focused I kept reading and re-reading great writing about Lisp by Paul Graham and kept viewing and re-viewing amazing videos by Rich Hickey.
It's as with everything: keep your eyes on the goal, not on the obstacles.
That is very interesting. It took me indeed may months of night-time programming in Clojure and elisp to get at a point where I could feel confortable with the syntax. I had a series of small "enlightenment" during that journey: the last one was not long ago, when I realized how I could "carry" state through a high-order function.
But to stay focused I kept reading and re-reading great writing about Lisp by Paul Graham and kept viewing and re-viewing amazing videos by Rich Hickey.
It's as with everything: keep your eyes on the goal, not on the obstacles.
And at one point things are going to click in.