merits of Lisp vs Python

[Slawomir Nowaczyk]

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:11:20 +0200
"Dmitry V. Gorbatovsky" <dg-nospam at midasitech.com> wrote:

#> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
#> 
#> > So which is it? If Lisp is so self-evidently better than every other
#> > language, and if nobody has any fears or concerns with Lisp, why is Lisp a
#> > fringe language?

#> Because shifting to lisp somewhere in the middle of
#> your project or carear is VERY EXPENSIVE STEP.

Doesn't that say something about Lisp? Switching to most other useful
languages is a nice experience.

Luckily, that claim is obviously false.

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