I agree a "hello world" program is a good place to start learning but a terrible place to start comparing. To be fair, though, to really show the benefits of L

I agree a "hello world" program is a good place to start learning but a terrible place to start comparing. To be fair, though, to really show the benefits of Lisp style programming you'd have to write something quite a bit longer. Long enough, in fact, you'd have trouble enticing people to read it.