What is different with Python ?

[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Roy Smith wrote:

> O(2) behavior

Um ...

> Lisp, of course, expanded my mind in ways that only Lisp can (the same 
> could be said for many things I tried back in those days).

Surely you're not saying you experimented with ... APL?

> I think it's probably just as important for a CS major to play with 
> those mind-altering languages as it is to worry about bytes and pointers 
> and memory locations.  But you can't start everywhere, and if you've got 
> to start someplace, Python let's you concentrate on the real universal 
> fundamentals of data structures, algorithms, and control flow without 
> getting bogged down in details.

Ah, so you've cleaned yourself up with Guido's Twelve-Step Plan. Amen to 
that, brother!

tom

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