Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Pascal Costanza]

Alex Martelli wrote:

> For all I know, CLisp's macros are SO head and shoulders above any of a
> quarter century ago that any vaguely remembered technical problem from 
> back then may be of purely historical interest.  I do believe that the
> divergence problem has more to do with human nature and sociology, and 
> that putting in a language features that encourage groups and subgroups 
> of users to diverge that language cannot be compensated by technical
> enhancements -- it _will_, in my opinion, cause co-workers in any middle- 
> or large-sized organization to risk ending up standing on each others' 
> feet, rather than on each others' shoulders.

That's not an opinion, that's a fear.


Pascal