merits of Lisp vs Python

[Bill Atkins]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> writes:

> I'd love to say it has been fun, but it has been more frustrating than
> enjoyable. I don't mind an honest disagreement between people who
> genuinely are trying to see the other's point of view, but I don't think
> that was the case here. What was especially frustrating was that the more
> I tried to understand certain Lispers' positions by asking questions, the
> more nasty and insulting they became. So now I have an even better

Could that be because you were submitting enormous posts making the
same claim and ignoring any new developments several times a day?

> But I also gained a little more insight into why Lispers love their
> language. I've learnt that well-written Lisp code isn't as hard to read as
> I remembered, so I'd just like to withdraw a comment I made early in the
> piece. I no longer believe that Lisp is especially strange compared to
> natural languages.

Strange that you'd come to that conclusion.  I thought we'd
established higher up that most programming languages are not like
natural languages