François Pinard wrote: > My feeling at the time was that Scheme is a very fast language to write > into, and in which one can implement new concepts cleanly and compactly. > Maybe Python is a bit slower to write, but this is compensated by the > fact Python is more legible when it comes to later maintenance, or when > many people have to share work on a big set of sources. > > There is some heaviness and complexity in Python internals, Scheme are > purer and simpler by comparison. On its bright side, Python has a nice > and comprehensive library, and an interesting community of users. These > probably make most of the difference.
Well said. Writing speed is not everything; if it is, APL and Scheme win (and the evil Perl for string processing). --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
