merits of Lisp vs Python

[Pascal Costanza]

Pillsy wrote:
> Ken Tilton wrote:
> [...]
>> That was my stance for about seven years of intense Lisp. Then the
>> author of Practical Common Lisp did a nice job of breaking the whole
>> mess up into sensible chunks and I picked it up. If one programs Lisp,
>> one should learn Loop -- it is definitely worth the bother. I def regret
>> not learning it sooner.
> 
> When I first read PCL (which was my introduction to Lisp) I thought
> LOOP was really neato. Once I actually started using it for things that
> weren't so simple, I began to really hate it. I think that having a
> specialized mini-language for iteration is a superb idea, but I don't
> think LOOP is it.
> 
> That being said, there's a portable alternatives out there that I like
> way better, and I still use LOOP for dashing stuff off one-liners at
> the REPL. 

If you hate LOOP then you don't have to use it.

There's an important lesson to learn here: Not all language constructs 
are supposed to be loved by everyone. ;)


Pascal

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