merits of Lisp vs Python

[Terry Reedy]

"Alex Martelli" <aleax at mac.com> wrote in message 
news:1huohy5.1273xi3mtqdc2N%aleax at mac.com...
| later sold for mucho dinero) is an unabashed fan of Python; the "XO"
| (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...

The exciting part to me is that the somewhat inovative user inteface is 
writen in Python and intended to be hacked on by the users (kids) around 
the world.

tjr