Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Andrew Dalke" <adalke at mindspring.com> writes:
> That to me is a solid case of post hoc ergo proper.  The
> words "1st" and "rst" are equally as short and easier to
> memorize.  And if terseness were very important, then
> what about using "." for car and ">" for cdr?  No, the reason
> is that that's the way it started and it will stay that way
> because of network effects -- is that a solid engineering
> reason?  Well, it depends, but my guess is that he wouldn't
> weight strongly the impact of social behaviours as part of
> good engineering.  I do.

Right, network effect.  And attachment  to historic heritage.  C has B
and "Hello World!". COBOL has real  bugs pined in log books.  Lisp has
704' CAR  and CDR. 


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