Tech HR wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>This is more out of curiosity, but does it mean that you wouldn't be >>willing to listen about a switch from Python to Lisp? > > > No, it doesn't mean that. In fact, there is a significant faction in > the technical staff (including the CTO) who would like nothing better > than to be able to use Lisp instead of Python. But we have some pretty > compelling reasons to stick with Python, not least of which is that it > is turning out to be very hard to find Lisp programmers.
As someone who knows both languages, I'd stay with Python, although trying to do heavy number crunching in a naive interpreter may be a problem. That's a tough scheduling problem. It took about a year for the NetJets people to develop their application for it. John Nagle -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list