Python's Lisp heritage

[Brian Quinlan]

Jacek wrote:
> What? you object to my obtuse avoidance of Python's nifty infix
> synonyms for these operators which cunningly call the functions
> without recourse to parentheses?  In that case you surely allow me to
> object to obtuse avoidance of such possibilities in Lisp.

The Lisp version is still more obtuse. Ask 100 people to evaluate the
expressions "sin(0/2 + pi/2)" and "#i(sin(0/2 + pi/2))". I bet 90% of
people won't know what sin is, 10% will be able to evaluate the Python
version and 1% will be able to evaluate the Lisp version.

Cheers,
Brian