merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

xscottg at gmail.com writes:
> Even regarding interupts, I don't see a problem without a solution:
>     (with-interupts-and-garbage-collection-disabled
>        (poke destination (peek source))

It's not just GC or interrupts, it's the possibility of clobbering the
Lisp heap.  If the peek/poke addresses are restricted to some i/o
region as Bill suggests, then the above approach may be reasonable.