merits of Lisp vs Python

Bill Atkins atkinw at rpi.edu
Sat Dec 9 14:27:27 EST 2006


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

> Dude. Turing Complete. Don't you Lisp developers know anything about
> computer science?

"Can you imagine if carpenters were like computer scientists?  Some of 
 them would argue that it's not necessary to own a hammer because the 
 butt of a screwdriver is naildriver-complete." 
                  -- Barry Margolin in comp.lang.lisp 



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