No, more a nod to Lisp getting "metaprogramming" right when C++ screwed them up. If I've gotta do it, I'd rather do it in a language where the turing completeness wasn't designed to be a tarpit.
And there goes my attempt to trick you into becoming a Lisper :-(
Learn CL inside and out, not because you want to be a better programmer, but penning "Lisp is a Ghetto", if you get it right, will guarantee your name echoes in the hallways of hacker heaven long after we're both gone.