merits of Lisp vs Python

[André Thieme]

Fred Gilham schrieb:
> Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:
> 
>> André Thieme <address.good.until.2006.dec.22 at justmail.de> writes:
>>> Instead of   function = memoize(function)
>>> one could just say: memoize(function).
>> In Python you'd say
>>
>>    @memoize
>>    def function(): ...
> 
> But in Lisp you'd write the function, say, "Damn, I need to memoize
> this sucker," and evaluate
> 
> (memoize 'function)
> 
> and the function would be memoized.
> 
> I suspect you could even do this "while the program was running" from
> something like SLIME.  Basically the memoize macro changes the
> function cell of the symbol, so from that point all the calls to the
> function would be to the memoized version.
> 

You don't even need to say   'function
(memoize function)   would be enough.
And yes, you can memoize functions while the program is running.
And you don't need a tool like slime for it. Lisp already offers ways
for doing that.


André
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