merits of Lisp vs Python

[Kaz Kylheku]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Kaz Kylheku" <kkylheku at gmail.com> writes:
> > > Lisp just seems hopelessly old-fashioned to me these days.  A
> > > modernized version would be cool, but I think the more serious
> > > Lisp-like language designers have moved on to newer ideas.
> >
> > What are some of their names, and what ideas are they working on?
>
> http://caml.inria.fr
> http://www.haskell.org

Right. What these have in common with Lisp is that they use manifest
typing, whereas Lisp uses latent typing. But after that, they mostly
diverge.