I don't think that's true. Sure you need quite some experience with the language to actually appreciate its strengths, but when optimising for low attention span and focusing on the kind of literature that allows people to jump quickly into solving problems (rather than those texts that start slowly and focus on laying out the foundation), provided existing experience with another language, you can start building things in no time. Lisp is just like any other language.
That's why today I simply point people to the cookbook [0]. If they keep the interest, they'll eventually jump to the classics.
That's why today I simply point people to the cookbook [0]. If they keep the interest, they'll eventually jump to the classics.
[0] https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/