merits of Lisp vs Python

[Richard Brodie]

"Mark Tarver" <dr.mtarver at ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:1165582654.974945.173700 at 79g2000cws.googlegroups.com...

> seems to show that Python is a cut down (no macros) version of Lisp
> with a worse performance.

Performance claims are always controversial. So, Python is much slower
doing array multiplication, when you hand roll it, instead of using the
standard numerical packages available.

I see that the effbot has already responded the first part.