Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Andrew Dalke]

Jon S. Anthony:
> This thing has been debunked for years.  No one with a clue takes it
> seriously.  Even the author(s) indicate that much of it is based on
> subjective guesses.

Do you have a reference?  And a pointer to something better?

The only one better I know is
  http://www.ipd.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprtTR.pdf

which on page 23, Fig. 17, has a mapping from median
work time actual to work time w.r.t the language list.

Of the 6 languages there are two major misorderings.
First, C actually ended up easier to use than Java or C++.
(which is strange since you would think C++ would be
at least as good as C), and second, Tcl actually ends up
much better.

2 of 6 is better than random, so Jones' work can't be
complete bunkum.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com