Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

Pascal Costanza costanza at web.de
Thu Oct 9 09:54:52 EDT 2003


Kenny Tilton wrote:

> Speaking of non-pros:
> 
> "Lisp is easy to learn
> 
> Lisp's syntax is simple, compact and spare. Only a handful of “rules” 
> are needed. This is why Lisp is sometimes taught as the first 
> programming language in university-level computer science courses. For 
> the composer it means that useful work can begin almost immediately, 
> before the composer understands much about the underlying mechanics of 
> Lisp or the art of programming in general. In Lisp one learns by doing 
> and experimenting, just as in music composition. "
> 
> From: http://pinhead.music.uiuc.edu/~hkt/nm/02/lisp.html
> 
> No studies, tho.

Here they are: http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/class/hs/testimonials/

(This is about Scheme.)


Pascal

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