On the subject of Mathematica vs Lisp, I found this[1] thread interesting especially as it contains a lengthy review[2] by Fateman. While my own personal exper

On the subject of Mathematica vs Lisp, I found this[1] thread interesting especially as it contains a lengthy review[2] by Fateman. While my own personal experience with it is limited, I have to say its rules for evaluating expressions are quite tricky to master compared to Lisp. 1- http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Lisp/comp.lang.lisp/2004-06/28index.html http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Lisp/comp.lang.lisp/2004... 2- http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/mma.review.pdf http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/mma.review.pdf