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That seems like an unnecessary jab.
by mbrock 10y ago
That seems like an unnecessary jab.
- coldtea 10y agoNot if it's true. Python does have a better and vastly bigger ecosystem and libs. And doing something in Lisp doesn't offer any huge benefits over Python -- besides the cool factor. Sure, Lisp has some tricks Python doesn't have -- macros, homoiconicity, uniform syntax, etc -- but still with those, in real life, people haven't been able to come with anything like an order of magnitude or at least several times better programs or faster development than with something like Python. Just ask Norvig.
- fractallyte 10y agoActually, someone did ask Norvig... ;-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803627