Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-12 Thread hit_the_lights
Neil Cerutti schrieb: > On 2006-12-12, André Thieme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Contrast the much more common > >> > >> a[i] = b[n] > >> > >> with > >> > >> (setf (aref a i) (aref b n)) > >> > >> and the attractions of Python may make more sense. > > > > Here Python and Lisp are equal, 7

Re: merits of Lisp vs Python

2006-12-13 Thread hit_the_lights
Paul Rubin schrieb: > Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is the above 'duck-typing' idiom considered very useful to a > > Lisper? It seems logical to me that duck-typing works best in an > > environment where it is ubiquitous. If users have to implement > > accessors specifically to use