Funny; I'm a Lisp programmer, not to mention implementor, but whenever I do electronics, even something simple, I go straight to PCB. I can make those things at home with a quick turnaround time. I prefer manipulating traces in the PCB routing program than messing around with flaky wire connections on a breadboard. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. After I made my first PCB, there was no going back. I'm confident my circuits will work because I calculate and simulate; and in any case, usually even if the circuit won't work initially, the printed circuit topology will, modulo adjustment of component values. You can anticipate experimentation in a printed circuit, too.
