Lisp: Productivity?

From 'Practical Common Lisp':

"If you think the greatest pleasure in programming comes from getting a lot done with code that simply and clearly expresses your intention, then programming in Common Lisp is likely to be about the most fun you can have with a computer. You'll get more done, faster, using it than you would using pretty much any other language."

So /prog/, do you agree?

I am not very familiar with lisp but I have decided now that I am going to spend some time learning it. I just want to know whether this statement is complete bullshit or not, before I get started. Even if it's not true, I still want to learn lisp.

I mean, I'm sure I could be more productive in CL than in, say, C, but what about compared to Ruby or another such language, which frankly make me frighten myself with my own productivity.

Discuss.

>>2
do this in perl and you will have your answer
Fixed. The fact a line of code is short doesn't tell anything about the time it took to write or its readability and maintainability.

That said, I think Python is more productive than Common Lisp, and Common Lisp is far more productive than Java, and Java is sometimes a bit more productive than C.

>>4
lern2type

LISP

Lain.

Lain.

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