Choosing a programming language as a competitive tool

David Lees debl at nonospammytheworld.com
Tue May 1 23:33:11 EDT 2001


While interesting site for the history of lisp, this post may be a
troll.  The only ref I saw to Python called it "...a watered-down lisp
with infix syntax and no macros".  The author appears to have some mild
biases and little Python experience :)

david lees

John Schmitt wrote:
> 
> http://www.paulgraham.com/paulgraham/avg.html
> 
> I just saw this post on slashdot.org.  The author is a Lisp guy and talk
> about his experience writing viaweb (which became Yahoo Stores) in Lisp and
> why it was a competitive advantage.  Python gets mentioned a few times.
> Good reading for me.
> 
> John



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