merits of Lisp vs Python

[Jan Dries]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> In musical terms, Python is like a Beatles song, very popular
> and easy to sway and dance to.  Lisp is like a Bach fugue.

While I agree with your point in principle, I think that comparing 
Python to a Beatles song doesn't give the language the credit it IMO 
deserves. To avoid another thread like this one I will not state what 
language I would compare to a Beatles song, but if Lisp is a Bach fugue 
then Python I think is more like Mozart. Sure, Bach is the ultimate 
Master, no doubt. But Mozart wrote some damn fine music, often heavily 
borrowing ideas not only from Bach but also other masters (Handel for 
instance), but turning the whole into "something popular and easy to 
sway and dance to".

Come to think of it, there definitely is something pythonic to Mozart ...

Regards,
Jan