merits of Lisp vs Python

[Alex Mizrahi]

(message (Hello 'Istvan)
(you :wrote  :on '(8 Dec 2006 06:11:20 -0800))
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 ??>> seems to show that Python is a cut down (no macros) version of Lisp
 ??>> with a worse performance.

 IA> or maybe it shows that Lisp is an obfuscated version of Python

hell no, lisp's syntax is much easier than python's since it's homogenous
(and certainly lisp was invented much 30 years before Python, so that's 
Python uses Lisp features)

 IA> with lots of parentheses,

that make logic more explicit

 IA>  backward logic,

??

 IA>  and complicated constructs that run faster.

no, there are no complicted constructs -- just it's designed with 30-year 
history in mind, not like "let's make another simple scripting language".

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(With-best-regards '(Alex Mizrahi) :aka 'killer_storm)
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