Python vs. Lisp -- please explain

[gene tani]

63q2o4i02 at sneakemail.com wrote:

>
> I'm wondering if someone can explain to me please what it is about
> Python that is so different from Lisp that it can't be compiled into
> something as fast as compiled Lisp?  From this above website and
> others, I've learned that compiled Lisp can be nearly as fast as C/C++,
> so I don't understand why Python can't also eventually be as efficient?
>  Is there some *specific* basic reason it's tough?  Or is it that this
> type of problem in general is tough, and Lisp has 40+ years vs Python's
> ~15 years?
>
>

i'm not sure it'll answer question, but Brett cannon's thesis is good
background

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bac/thesis.pdf