merits of Lisp vs Python

[David Steuber]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> writes:

> How am I being silly? Do you not believe that people write case blocks
> with fifty tests? Okay, how about twenty? Ten? Eight?

You should check out generic functions in CLOS.  Rather than writing a
ridiculously long case block, you can use EQL specialized functions.
It's a great way to do dispatch.

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