merits of Lisp vs Python

[mystilleef]

John Thingstad wrote:
> You are just being silly.
> Lisp's OO environment CLOS is vastly superior to Python classes.
> Both in terms of expressive power and flexibility.
> You might even find out if you ever learnt how to use it.
>

Donkeys have wings.

> In the windows world the best way to access system libraries are
> via .NET. Thus each language inventing it's own libraries is quickly
> becoming

You're only proving my point. Why do you think most windows developers
use .NET?

> Python is fine if you approach programming as Lego, simply gluing together
> libraries.

You mean it's fine for what 90% of programmers do?

> But if you want to do some serious algorithmic's you may find that it is
> just to slow.

Slow for users who aren't familiar with Psyco, Pyrex and C extensions,
sure.