merits of Lisp vs Python

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:29:45 +0100, John Thingstad wrote:

>> Maybe so. But I've only ever appreciated its functional aspects. I
>> wouldn't choose Lisp or its derivatives for OO related tasks even if
>> I'm high.
>>
> 
> You are just being silly.
> Lisp's OO environment CLOS is vastly superior to Python classes.
> Both in terms of expressive power and flexibility.

Oh, well, with evidence like that, I'm convinced!


> Python is fine if you approach programming as Lego, simply gluing
> together libraries.
> But if you want to do some serious algorithmic's you may find that it is
> just to slow.

Nobody ever said that Python was idea for serious number crunching
(although see numpy -- use the right tool for the job). If I knew what
sort of "serious algorithmics" you meant, I could comment.


-- 
Steven.