Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[felix]

On 03 Oct 2003 11:25:31 -0400, Jeremy H. Brown <jhbrown at ai.mit.edu> wrote:

> I'm sure if you do some web-groveling, you can find some substantial
> comparisons of the two; I personally think they have more in common
> than not.  Here are a few of the (arguably) notable differences:
>
> Scheme                                  Common Lisp

> Namespaces              one             two (functions, variables)

Common Lisp has actually more than two namespaces.

> Implementations         >10             ~4

There are loads more.

> Performance             "worse"         "better"

Nonsense.

> Support Community       Academic        Applications writers

Also nonsense.

>
> Try them both, see which one works for you in what you're doing.
>

Very good point.


cheers,
felix