merits of Lisp vs Python

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:50:41 -0800, George Sakkis wrote:

> André Thieme wrote:
> 
>> On the other hand can I see difficulties in adding macros to Python,
>> or inventing a new object system, or adding new keywords without
>> changing the sources of Python itself.
> 
> Actually, an even bigger difficulty is the rejection of programmable
> syntax by Guido, both for the near and distant future:

Why is that a difficulty? Like Guido, I think that's an ADVANTAGE.

> "Programmable syntax is not in Python's future -- or at least it's not
> for Python 3000. The problem IMO is that everybody will abuse it to
> define their own language. And the problem with that is that it will
> fracture the Python community because nobody can read each other's code
> any more."
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/000286.html.

I couldn't have said it better myself.


-- 
Steven.