merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Ken Tilton <kentilton at gmail.com> writes:
> Again, that is precisely the point of macrology (in cases like
> this). When a pattern will repeat a sufficient number of times, and a
> function cannot handle the job,

But this is not a case where a function can't handle the job.

> Check out the latest, plz. The example has grown now beyond what a
> function can do, I think. meanwhile, I have not seen how Python lets
> you avoid revisiting dozens of instances when changes to a mechanism
> are required.

I'm missing what the difficulty is.