merits of Lisp vs Python

[Mathias Panzenboeck]

Rob Thorpe wrote:
> Mathias Panzenboeck wrote:
>> Mark Tarver wrote:
>>> How do you compare Python to Lisp?  What specific advantages do you
>>> think that one has over the other?
>>>
>>> Note I'm not a Python person and I have no axes to grind here.  This is
>>> just a question for my general education.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>> I do not know much about Lisp. What I know is:
>> Python is a imperative, object oriented dynamic language with duck typing,
> 
> Yes, but Python also supports the functional style to some extent.
> 

I currently visit a course about functional programming at the university of technology vienna:
python implements only a small subset of things needed to be called a functional language (list
comprehension).
but yes, for a imperativ oop language python is very close to functional.

>> List is a declarative,
>> functional dynamic language
> 
> Lisp is only a functional language in that it support both functional
> and imperative programming styles.  Duck typing is almost identical to
> latent typing in Lisp.
> And, Common Lisp at least is object orientated.
> 
>> -> those two languages have different scopes.
> 
> Their scope is actually very similar.  Learn about lisp and you will
> soon discover their similarity.
> 

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