Paul Graham said the same thing about Python 20 years ago [1], and back then it was true. But once a programming langauge hits mainstream, this ceases to be a good filter.

[1] https://paulgraham.com/pypar.html

This is important. The benefit here isn't the language itself. It's the fact that you're pulling from an esoteric language. People should not overfit and feel that whichever language is achieving that effect today is special in this regard.

He was right. Python programmers are still the most likely to prioritize getting things done quickly.

That was bullshit then and it's bullshit now but it sells very well to people who know a few programming languages (a lot of the people on this site)