merits of Lisp vs Python

[Ken Tilton]

Brian Adkins wrote:
> John Nagle wrote:
> 
>>    Neither Lisp nor Python is an "industrial strength language".
>> The infrastructure is too weak.  Hosting providers and distro
>> makers aren't concerned over whether Python works.  They
>> care if C, C++, Java, PHP, and Perl work, but not Python or LISP.
>> Ask them.
>>
>>                 John Nagle
> 
> 
> In your excitement to post a sweeping and inaccurate generalization (you 
> missed diss'ing Ruby), I think you may have missed the point of my post. 
> I surely wasn't trying to restart a dead thread, I just thought it was 
> funny that there was a similarity to a line from Princess Bride in the 
> thread (see relevant part below that you cut out).
> 
> If you want to restart a debate, please go back and reply to some 
> serious post in the thread - don't hijack mine for your own evil 
> purposes and cut out the good parts - did you even see the movie?

Yes. I think George did, too. (I was wondering what you were up to.)

:)

kt


> 
> George Sakkis wrote:
>  > You keep using that phrase. I don't think it means what you think it
>  > means.
> 
> [Vizzini has just cut the rope The Dread Pirate Roberts is climbing up]
> Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
> Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what 
> you think it means.

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