Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Oren Tirosh]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 04:02:13AM -0700, Mark Brady wrote:
...
> have been helped by python. I learned python then got interested in
> it's functional side and ended up learning Scheme and Common Lisp. A
> lot of new Scheme and Common Lisp developers I talk to followed the
> same route. Python is a great language and I still use it for some
> things.

Python is a gateway drug to much more dangerous stuff. Just say no to 
functions as first-class objects. Before you know it you will be 
snorting a dozen closing parentheses in a row.

    Oren