Python's Lisp heritage

[phil hunt]

On 22 Apr 2002 17:04:13 +1200, Paul Foley <see at below> wrote:
>On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 02:32:29 -0700, James J Besemer wrote:
>
>> That being said, I guess I just don't get the strong reaction to this secondary
>> point.  I'm new here but I get the impression that "lisp" is a naughty word,
>> for some unfathomable reason
>
>A lot of people think "Lisp" means "Scheme".
>Scheme sucks, so they think "Lisp" sucks.
>
>[Scheme isn't Lisp.  Scheme are Lisp are only distantly related, and
>Scheme is about as closely related to Algol as to Lisp...]

(both (of them) (look (similar)) (to me))

Of course, C++ and Java have similar syntax, and it doesn't make 
them closely related.


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