merits of Lisp vs Python

[Pillsy]

Ken Tilton wrote:
[...]
> That was my stance for about seven years of intense Lisp. Then the
> author of Practical Common Lisp did a nice job of breaking the whole
> mess up into sensible chunks and I picked it up. If one programs Lisp,
> one should learn Loop -- it is definitely worth the bother. I def regret
> not learning it sooner.

When I first read PCL (which was my introduction to Lisp) I thought
LOOP was really neato. Once I actually started using it for things that
weren't so simple, I began to really hate it. I think that having a
specialized mini-language for iteration is a superb idea, but I don't
think LOOP is it.

That being said, there's a portable alternatives out there that I like
way better, and I still use LOOP for dashing stuff off one-liners at
the REPL. 

Cheers,
Pillsy