merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

Pascal Costanza <pc at p-cos.net> writes:
> You can start with loop by using only the simple and straightforward
> constructs, and slowly move towards the more complicated cases when
> necessary. The nice thing about loop is that with some practice, you
> can write code that more or less reads like English.

Yeah, but I'd also get English-like imprecision.  Anyway, If I wanted
to write code that reads like English, I'd write in Cobol.  

> All Common Lisp implementations that I am aware of provide ways to
> enable TCO, so it's definitely possible to program in a functional
> style if you want to. It's just that the ANSI Common Lisp
> specification doesn't guarantee this,

Yes; I'd rather go by what the standard says than rely on
implementation-dependent hacks.