merits of Lisp vs Python

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tayssir.john at googlemail.com wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > I'd love to say it has been fun, but it has been more frustrating than
> > enjoyable. I don't mind an honest disagreement between people who
> > genuinely are trying to see the other's point of view, but I don't think
> > that was the case here. What was especially frustrating was that the more
> > I tried to understand certain Lispers' positions by asking questions, the
> > more nasty and insulting they became. So now I have an even better
> > understanding for why Lispers have a reputation for being difficult and
> > arrogant.
>
> This is only because they openly disagree with your beliefs. Note that
> you appear the same way to your Lisp-using flamewarrior counterparts.
>
> We might look in the mirror:
> <http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/get_a_life_blog/2006/04/how_the_technog.html>
>
> Maybe Lisp users are singled out as particularly arrogant because they
> claim that the last 20 or so years of the software profession have been
> something of a fraud.

Well, having read a lot of this thread, I can see one of the
reasons why the software profession might want to avoid
lispies.  With advocacy like this, who needs detractors?