merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Ken Tilton <kentilton at gmail.com> writes:
> >> Man that whole thing is messy.
> 
> I do not see much difference, except that the character count is 25%
> less in the macro version:

The macro calls aren't so bad, but the macro definition is pretty
horrendous.  There's no need to invent and program all that new syntax
when Python's existing syntax does the job perfectly well.

> I don't know, perhaps the best argument against macros is that no
> Pythonista wants them. That is actually a damn good reason.

I've wanted macros from time to time, but this isn't a situation that
calls for them.  They're just less important in Python than in Lisp.
Python already has enough syntax to not constantly need new syntax
extensions.