merits of Lisp vs Python

[Ken Tilton]

André Thieme wrote:
> Ken Tilton schrieb:
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>> André Thieme wrote:
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>>> Ken Tilton schrieb:
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>>>> The last time we went thru this a Pythonista finally said, Oh, I get 
>>>> it. These five lines of code I have to write all the time (two 
>>>> setup, one func call, two cleanup) can be collapsed into one or two. 
>>>> The thread will be hard to miss in Google groups (two years back?) 
>>>> and the epiphany appears right at the end of the thread. <hint>
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>>> Functional programming is the solution here, not Lisp.
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>> No, you do not understand. The Pythonista figured it out: a function 
>> would not do.
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> 
> What do you mean?

I am saying use Google groups to find the thread and find out the use 
case contributed by a Pythonista in the midddle of a similar thread that 
conveyed to his satisfaction the value of macros.

ken

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