Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme
Pascal Costanza
costanza at web.de
Thu Oct 9 09:54:52 EDT 2003
Kenny Tilton wrote:
> Speaking of non-pros:
>
> "Lisp is easy to learn
>
> Lisp's syntax is simple, compact and spare. Only a handful of “rules”
> are needed. This is why Lisp is sometimes taught as the first
> programming language in university-level computer science courses. For
> the composer it means that useful work can begin almost immediately,
> before the composer understands much about the underlying mechanics of
> Lisp or the art of programming in general. In Lisp one learns by doing
> and experimenting, just as in music composition. "
>
> From: http://pinhead.music.uiuc.edu/~hkt/nm/02/lisp.html
>
> No studies, tho.
Here they are: http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/class/hs/testimonials/
(This is about Scheme.)
Pascal
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