greg schrieb: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Adding parentheses ... all this is a >> burden specific to Python. > > As opposed to Lisp, where all you have to do is > use parentheses... oh, er...
Lisp has no parens. An editor could support a mode where code is displayed in written in trees. There wouldn't be a single paren. >> By the way, you guys seem fixate on the parentheses of Lisp without >> having the experience > > I don't know about the other Pythonistas in this > discussion, but personally I do have experience with > Lisp, and I understand what you're saying. I have > nothing against Lisp parentheses, I just don't agree > that the Lisp way is superior to the Python way in > all respects, based on my experience with both. Lisp is not superior in all respects. As soon you decide to use a language you decide against other features. Python is especially strong as a scripting language as that is the domain of it. André -- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
