How security holes happen

[MRAB]

On 2014-03-05 01:57, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <mailman.7777.1393980007.18130.python-list at python.org>,
>   Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:48:40 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net>
>> declaimed the following:
>>
>> >Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>:
>> >
>> >> Okay, that looks totally cool. Maybe I'll finally get a handle on
>> >> LISP! :)
>> >
>> >Lisp is conceptually simpler than Python, but awe-inspiring. One day, it
>> >will overtake Python, I believe.
>
> I first played with Lisp in 1976.  The only time I ever used it for
> anything serious was an A/I course I took in the mid 80's.  At the end
> of the semester, I was just starting to write things in Lisp (as opposed
> to writing C transliterated to Lisp syntax and keywords).
>
>>  It's already had 54 years to become a major language...
>>
>>  Instead it has schismed into Common Lisp and Scheme (and a few other
>> dialects)
>
> Python has had 23 years to become a major language...
>
> Instead it has schismed into Python 2.x and Python 3.x.
>
Into how many versions did Lisp split in its first 23 years? :-)

> [holding hands over ears to avoid the howls of derision, while ducking
> and running]
>