Thank you for the kind words. For me Arc was a gateway drug. I'd had some experience with lisp before, but Arc really got me into it. It's smaller and more ergonomic to use in lots of little ways. After building up some experience I naturally got into more pragmatic lisps like CL and Racket.
For the first few months I'd program Arc with my code in one window and the arc compiler in another. The fact that the core of arc fits in one file makes for a quite unparalleled learning experience.
Sometimes it's more efficient to start with a less practical language, because your initial focus is on core fundamentals rather than distracting implementational details.
