>>13
Yes, yes, I know it has nothing to do with language. CS is lambda calculus, turing machines, grammars, discrete math, etc, not a particular language.
The point is, the Lisp bunch are better at it. What proportion of C hackers have read Knuth's books? What about Lisp? I guarantee you the Lispers will have a far higher proportion who have. For whatever reason, that's their culture.
BTW,
>>12 is clearly a mediocre programmer.