merits of Lisp vs Python

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Fri Dec 8 09:19:21 EST 2006


> How do you compare Python to Lisp?  What specific advantages do you
> think that one has over the other?

Easy...
Python reads like pseudocode
Lisp reads like line-noise (much like most Perl or Ruby code)


Python makes better use of my time as a programmer because it 
maps fairly closely to how I think, as well as being easy to pick 
up when you've been away from the code for several months.

-tkc







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