merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Bill Atkins <atkinw at rpi.edu> writes:
> You should be pragmatic about this - I have never used a CL
> implementation that didn't do TCO optimization (indeed, are there
> any?).  Although the standard doesn't require it, I treat it as a de
> facto requirement and don't worry too much about it.

I have to confess that most of the Lisp code I've written were on
simpler dialects that didn't have TCO.  But I'm not sure if the CL
implementations I've used (KCL back in the day, and CLISP a little
bit) had it either.