merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

"Kaz Kylheku" <kkylheku at gmail.com> writes:
> > Lisp just seems hopelessly old-fashioned to me these days.  A
> > modernized version would be cool, but I think the more serious
> > Lisp-like language designers have moved on to newer ideas.
> 
> What are some of their names, and what ideas are they working on?

http://caml.inria.fr
http://www.haskell.org

etc.

> Also, who are the less serious designers?

The ones like us who waste their time on usenet. ;-)