Arich Chanachai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >But I thought Python was an all-purpose language. After all, OS's > >have been written in Lisp before too. > > > Pure Lisp? Or a Lisp/C/Asm combo? Lisp has a compiled flavor by the way.
Compiled flavor? Lisp has been compiled since the 1950's. No, there was no C code on Lisp machines. There was some low-level code at the bottom whose capabilities were such that you could accurately call it asm, but it was Lisp too, just a very restricted form. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list