Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com>: > So yes scheme are python have similar underbellies but the culture of > use is quite different.
I don't know if there's enough Scheme activity out there to call it a culture. As far as underbellies go, Scheme macros and operators are not first-class. The Kernel programming language (<URL: http://klisp.org/>) addresses this flaw. > Note: You CAN use python scheme-ishly but few people do that. I don't know who or what you are referring to. About the only Schemey things not available to Python are tail recursion elimination and macros. From the little I have seen, Scheme programmers use tail recursion too little and macros too much. > So people can use python functionally but somehow have the idea that > imperative is easier/more natural/what-have-you In that regard, I don't see much difference in Scheme and Python practices. > Python has a rich COLLECTION of data structures > Scheme really has just one — S-exp Scheme has all kinds of data structures. > Then there are motley little things that make python > beginner-unfriendly. I can hardly imagine a programming language that would be better-suited for complete beginners. Scheme for beginning programmers could be like abstract algebra for kindergartners. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
