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The Lisp bunch is or can only be "better" at it because they're forced to learn the language in some course where all the other so-called benefits Lisp is credited for are taught. C programmers are mostly self taught, and aren't interested in some random guy's books. Yes, alot of them suck, but that's because they're too lazy to read the books, sit down, and think about what they're doing.
Programs are made by design, not philosophy. You need it to accomplish a certain task, you engineer the best possible solution. It's that simple. Programming is a straightforward thing to do. If you need an obsolete, 50 year old language to learn CS, I pity you.
mediocre programmer my ass...