merits of Lisp vs Python

[George Sakkis]

André Thieme wrote:

> On the other hand can I see difficulties in adding macros to Python,
> or inventing a new object system, or adding new keywords without
> changing the sources of Python itself.

Actually, an even bigger difficulty is the rejection of programmable
syntax by Guido, both for the near and distant future:

"Programmable syntax is not in Python's future -- or at least it's not
for Python 3000. The problem IMO is that everybody will abuse it to
define their own language. And the problem with that is that it will
fracture the Python community because nobody can read each other's code
any more."

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/000286.html.


George