merits of Lisp vs Python

[Paul Rubin]

xscottg at gmail.com writes:
> I should assume you meant Common Lisp, but there isn't really any
> reason you couldn't
> 
>      (poke destination (peek source))

That breaks the reliability of GC.  I'd say you're no longer writing
in Lisp if you use something like that.  Writing in this "augmented
Lisp" can be ok if well-localized and done carefully, but you no
longer have the guarantees that you get from unaugmented Lisp.  By
adding one feature you've removed another.