[iLemming]

> I cannot imagine being productive in something like Clojure.

Of many languages I used (dynamically and statically typed) Clojure turned out to be the most productive one for me personally.

Nowadays if I have a problem to solve and not allowed to use Clojure, I would still first prototype it in Clojure and then rewrite it in whatever language. I am still faster that way.

Some people would argue that Lisps are optimized for writing, but are difficult to read and maintain. Although I've experienced that to certain degree with other Lisps, somehow I don't feel that is the case with Clojure.