merits of Lisp vs Python

[Ken Tilton]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> Ken Tilton <kentilton at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>>>Man that whole thing is messy.
>>
>>I do not see much difference, except that the character count is 25%
>>less in the macro version:
> 
> 
> The macro calls aren't so bad, but the macro definition is pretty
> horrendous. 

(a) /Precisely/ :)

(b) Omigod, that macro is trivial (except I forgot how to reach out two 
levels of backquote to get a parameter and had to kludge it!). You just 
aren't used to thinking at a level where one is writing code to write code.

ken

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