Subject: Re: merits of Lisp vs Python
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:41:49 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <1-udnfne7ZPgrefYnZ2dnUVZ_rzinZ2d@speakeasy.net>
Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
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| Bill Atkins <atkinw@rpi.edu> writes:
| > This is a silly claim.  What observational experience are you talking
| > about?  Lisp is delightfully readable.  In fact, I find it more
| > readable than any other language.  Why do you think that is?  Could it
| > be because I use Lisp on a daily basis?  Could that also explain why
| > Python seems more readable than Lisp to you?
| 
| Python is more readable than Lisp because it stays readable even if
| you don't use it on a daily basis.
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Weird. This is exactly why I use *Lisp* -- because it stays
completely readable even if you don't use it on a daily basis!!!

[That's also why I *don't* use Perl, except when forced to...]


-Rob

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