Hi all;

Has anyone any experience (learning curve time, maybe?) with any lisps? Specifically Common Lisp and Lispworks.
I've had a half-hearted attempt at learning CL before, and I think my mistake was struggling along with the completely unfamiliar Portacle/Emacs as my springboard.
My only programming experience comes from dipping into and out of AHK, with the sensational resources (both CHM help manual, and the unbelievable community)

As I mature - and my eyesight starts to go - I yearn for a more expressive language. Less cluttered than what my AHK seems to come out. And my coding style - pragmatic, frequent checking - could maybe benefit from a REPL
I had a peek at Red/Rebol as also reviewed in this forum, and it kinda speaks of parts of lisp, that lispers crow about - a REPL, DSLs, expressive, functional, symbolic.

Any opinions welcome
I'm especially interested to hear of any ways/directions, that lisp could be considered a next-step after AHK