How fast did you manage to learn Python?

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Lisp, for example, is radically different from most other languages, and a lot of what you know about other languages doesn't translate well to it. (...I'm planning on learning lisp this year)

Well, you can force Lisp to act like other programming languages. But it takes work and defeats the point of programming in Lisp. Same with SAS, which I've done a lot of work with.

One thing about learning to program: First you learn a particular language, like Python. Then you learn some other languages, like C++ and Java or something. Then you realize that the project you are working on is going to have an effect on which language you use.