merits of Lisp vs Python

[Jon Harrop]

Pascal Costanza wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
>> Yes; I'd rather go by what the standard says than rely on
>> implementation-dependent hacks.
> 
> You shouldn't limit yourself to what some standard says.

You shouldn't ignore previous work and standards can embody decades of
programming language research.

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
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