Paul Rubin schrieb: > André Thieme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> import module >>> module.function = memoize(module.function) >> Yes, I mentioned that a bit earlier in this thread (not about the >> "during runtime" thing). >> I also said that many macros only save some small bits of code. >> Your python example contains 4 tokens / brain units. >> The Lisp version only has 2. > > You shouldn't count the import statement, since you'd need the > equivalent in Lisp as well.
I didn't count it. 1P) module.function 2P) = 3P) memoize( 4P) module.function) vs 1L) (memoize 2L) function) I counted 1P and 4P only as one (each) although it should have been 2 for each. But it would have worked too if we didn't need the "module.": function = memoize(function). > Contrast the much more common > > a[i] = b[n] > > with > > (setf (aref a i) (aref b n)) > > and the attractions of Python may make more sense. Here Python and Lisp are equal, 7 tokens vs 7 tokens, but in Python one has to write less since "[]" are 2 chars while "aref" are 4, plus the setf. But from counting the brain units which I regard as an important factor they are both equal. André -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
