title: Would Lisp be extremely difficult for a new(ish) programmer to learn?
body: <p>I've got a little experience with Python (enough to where I can do if/else/elif and some random number generation), but I've always had a weird fascination with the Lisp languages. I downloaded some scheme source code to look at the syntax but it was pretty much gibberish to me.</p>
  
  <p>For a programmer with only a little programming experience like myself, given some good books, websites, and some time, would it be particularly difficult to learn either Common Lisp or Scheme?
  Which of the two would be easier? How do they compare with Python and C, as far as ease of learning?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>