merits of Lisp vs Python
Steven D'Aprano
steve at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au
Sat Dec 9 19:23:04 EST 2006
On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:29:45 +0100, John Thingstad wrote:
>> Maybe so. But I've only ever appreciated its functional aspects. I
>> wouldn't choose Lisp or its derivatives for OO related tasks even if
>> I'm high.
>>
>
> You are just being silly.
> Lisp's OO environment CLOS is vastly superior to Python classes.
> Both in terms of expressive power and flexibility.
Oh, well, with evidence like that, I'm convinced!
> Python is fine if you approach programming as Lego, simply gluing
> together libraries.
> But if you want to do some serious algorithmic's you may find that it is
> just to slow.
Nobody ever said that Python was idea for serious number crunching
(although see numpy -- use the right tool for the job). If I knew what
sort of "serious algorithmics" you meant, I could comment.
--
Steven.
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