In article <mailman.7777.1393980007.18130.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:48:40 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> > declaimed the following: > > >Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us>: > > > >> Okay, that looks totally cool. Maybe I'll finally get a handle on > >> LISP! :) > > > >Lisp is conceptually simpler than Python, but awe-inspiring. One day, it > >will overtake Python, I believe. I first played with Lisp in 1976. The only time I ever used it for anything serious was an A/I course I took in the mid 80's. At the end of the semester, I was just starting to write things in Lisp (as opposed to writing C transliterated to Lisp syntax and keywords). > It's already had 54 years to become a major language... > > Instead it has schismed into Common Lisp and Scheme (and a few other > dialects) Python has had 23 years to become a major language... Instead it has schismed into Python 2.x and Python 3.x. [holding hands over ears to avoid the howls of derision, while ducking and running] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
