merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Pascal Costanza <pc at p-cos.net> writes:
> It's funny: Language designers have been spending a lot of effort over
> the decades on designing language constructs that help to improve the
> opportunities to reuse of software libraries. Yet every five years, or
> so, new languages and technologies come up that require everyone to
> start from scratch. Starting from scratch is even being applauded, due
> to some mythical belief that "this time, we are going to get it all right."

What leads to the best work in language research is not necessarily
what leads immediately to the most useful tools for software
developers.