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"You could build python's libraries in Lisp" Then why doesn't someone do so?

• emmett 18y ago
  Just because one could do something, doesn't mean one will do something. I'm not arguing you should use Lisp over Python, merely that the strength of libraries is not a language feature per se. Clearly, it's one of the most important things to consider when picking a language, but it's not a feature of that language any more than how helpful the people in that language's IRC chat room is, or how good the documentation.
• rplevy 18y ago
  Have you ever been to common-lisp.net? It's no CPAN, but same idea. In practice you've got everything you need to work with, no need to reinvent the wheel.