[Raymond Hettinger] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It got me curious if Lisp is inherently faster to develop complex > > apps in.
> With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power and > expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach for the > stars. A few years ago, I much hesitated between Scheme and Python as my next day-to-day programming language. My feeling at the time was that Scheme is a very fast language to write into, and in which one can implement new concepts cleanly and compactly. Maybe Python is a bit slower to write, but this is compensated by the fact Python is more legible when it comes to later maintenance, or when many people have to share work on a big set of sources. There is some heaviness and complexity in Python internals, Scheme are purer and simpler by comparison. On its bright side, Python has a nice and comprehensive library, and an interesting community of users. These probably make most of the difference. -- François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
