Need for... what? To survive? To get a job?
Need is always relative to a goal, so what you are saying there is there is no legitimate goal for which learning Lisp would be an appropriate step.
Need is always relative to a goal, so what you are saying there is there is no legitimate goal for which learning Lisp would be an appropriate step.
Also, I've been told I "can't avoid" some branch of algebra (I've never touched it since).