[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > But Lisp isn't dynamically typed "exactly the way Python is". > Python documents ways to manipulate the internals of objects at > runtime. It is possible to add, change or delete methods and slots > by directly changing the hashtable they're stored in. While CLOS > does permit a certain amount of runtime redefinition, it is not as > completely free wheeling and unpredicatable.
Although CLOS is now part of the Lisp standard I haven't generally thought of it as describing the language semantics. It's more like a library routine. Python's standard library generally doesn't provide documented ways of mucking around with the internal structure of library classes. CLOS (or something close to it) similarly can and has been implemented as a Lisp macro package independent from the rest of the Lisp system. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
