merits of Lisp vs Python

[Mark Tarver]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Mark Tarver" <dr.mtarver at ukonline.co.uk> writes:
> > How do you compare Python to Lisp?  What specific advantages do you
> > think that one has over the other?
>
>    <http://google.com/search?q=python+lisp&btnI=I'm+feeling+lucky>

Thanks;  a quick read of your reference to Norvig's analysis

http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html

seems to show that Python is a cut down (no macros) version of Lisp
with a worse performance.  The only substantial advantage I can see is
that GUI, and Web libraries are standard.  This confirms my suspicion
that Lisp is losing out to newbies because of its
lack of standard support for the things many people want to do.

Mark