merits of Lisp vs Python

[Robert Uhl]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> writes:
>
> It is a good thing that when Fred decides to stop contributing to an
> open source project (or leave the company), other people can read his code
> without having to learn his Uber-Special Custom Macro Extended
> Language.

And yet they have to learn his Uber-Special Custom Function Extended
Language.  If adding syntax is bad, surely adding functions is bad too.
And yet, I don't see very many people arguing for a return to
unstructured code.

In fact, the ability to add syntax is as important as the ability to add
functions; it's a second order of structure.

-- 
Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl>
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