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> Python, which is so obviously like Lisp Hang on! Do you mean some similarity other than what is talked about in the article?
by Bromskloss 8y ago
> Python, which is so obviously like Lisp
Hang on! Do you mean some similarity other than what is talked about in the article?
- Tarq0n 8y agoThe main dissimilarity between python and lisp is that you can't use code as data in python, so there's no macros. In most other ways they're pretty similar.
- SeanLuke 8y agoSerious lambdas and closures? Sophisticated array handling? A full-featured numerical tower? Conditions? Python's namespaces seem primitive compared to Lisp. Etc.
- dkersten 8y agoCode is data is often touted as the integral feature of lisp though, so without it, a language really isn’t much like lisp at all.
- fulafel 8y agoThis comparison by prominent Lisp/AI figure Peter Norvig is a good treatment of the similarity: http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html