merits of Lisp vs Python

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Rob Thorpe" <rthorpe at realworldtech.com> writes:

> Anders J. Munch wrote:
>> jayessay wrote:
>>   > Please note: GC is not part of CL's definition.  It is likely not part
>> > of any Lisp's definition (for reasons that should be obvious), and for
>> > the same reasons likely not part of any language's definition.
>>
>> Really?  So how do you write a portable program in CL, that is to run
>> for unbounded lengths of time?
>
> You can't.

You can.  Just use reversible operations.

Or use pre-allocated objects. Yes, that means that you implement your
own memory management or garbage collector, but this would be portable.

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