merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Ken Tilton <kentilton at gmail.com> writes:
> >> The loop language is so complicated and confusing that I never
> >> bothered trying to learn it.
> 
> That was my stance for about seven years of intense Lisp. Then the
> author of Practical Common Lisp did a nice job of breaking the whole
> mess up into sensible chunks and I picked it up. If one programs Lisp,
> one should learn Loop -- it is definitely worth the bother. I def
> regret not learning it sooner.

I don't really code in Lisp any more, I never felt a need for loop
when I was coding in Lisp, and I'm trying to move towards a style of
programming without loops (i.e. I'm playing with Haskell, which
doesn't have loops), giving me even less need for a hairy loop macro.