merits of Lisp vs Python

Paul Rubin http
Tue Dec 12 06:33:32 EST 2006


I V <wrongbad at gmail.com> writes:
> > Also, Python does not support a functional style of programming so the 
> > line is the only meaningful textual entity. In this sense the 
> > primitiveness of Python makes editing easier.
> 
> Why do you say that? Wouldn't a block in python be a "meaningful textual
> entity" in the same way a lisp form would be?

You normally wouldn't refactor Python code by moving an indented block
to the inside of an expression.  That is done all the time in Lisp.



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