merits of Lisp vs Python

[Michael Bentley]

On Mar 9, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Tim Bradshaw wrote:
> On 2007-03-09 07:00:06 +0000, aleax at mac.com (Alex Martelli) said:
>
>> (nee "One Laptop Per Child", OLPC, and once known as the "$100  
>> laptop")
>> uses Python as its preferred (only?-) application language, and it's
>> slated to be the most widely distributed Python distro if it hits  
>> even
>> half of its ambitious target-numbers...
>
> But it won't get anywhere near that because it's a stupid an
> ill-conceived idea (not because of Python, note!).  The electronic
> gadget people need in the developing world is a mobile phone not a
> computer.

Isn't the idea to provide a learning environment for children in the  
developing world (rather than a generally useful gadget)?  Perhaps a  
mobile phone would also be good for this sort of thing -- if it had a  
'show source' button :-)

obpython: isn't OLPC is right in line with 'Computer Programming for  
Everybody'?