merits of Lisp vs Python
Paul Rubin
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Tue Dec 12 11:17:12 EST 2006
"Rob Thorpe" <rthorpe at realworldtech.com> writes:
> > Yes; I'd rather go by what the standard says than rely on
> > implementation-dependent hacks.
>
> But in that case what do you call Python? The whole language has no
> standard - is it an "implementation dependent hack"?
This is one of my perpetual complaints about Python. It does have a
reference manual and library manual, but these manuals are full of
gaps, and in practice one does go by the implementation. CLTL2 is a
model of precision and thoroughness compared with any document that's
ever been written about Python.
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