Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Marco Antoniotti]

Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> prunesquallor at comcast.net writes:
> 
> 
>>mike420 at ziplip.com writes:
>>
>>
>>>I think everyone who used Python will agree that its syntax is
>>>the best thing going for it. 
>>
>>I've used Python.  I don't agree.
> 
> 
> I'd be interested to hear your reasons. *If* you take the sharp distinction
> that python draws between statements and expressions as a given, then python's
> syntax, in particular the choice to use indentation for block structure, seems
> to me to be the best choice among what's currently on offer (i.e. I'd claim
> that python's syntax is objectively much better than that of the C and Pascal
> descendants -- comparisons with smalltalk, prolog or lisp OTOH are an entirely
> different matter).
> 

The best choice for code indentation in any language is M-C-q in Emacs.

Cheers
--
Marco