Name: Anonymous 2011-10-02 19:15
At least it is closer to perfection than any other language.
Lisp doesn't need to force indentation, because any competent programmer doesn't need mommy Guido to hold their hand. Too incompetent to understand? Have fun with Python.
Value simplicity from the interpreter's point of view and syntactic beauty and elegance from the programmer's point of view. I have fun with Lisp! Since my complex human brain is capable of quickly understanding more than two special characters in addition to a base-10 numerical system and 26-letter alphabet, Lisp does not confuse me. If you're more comfortable with globs of syntactically-important invisible characters that can be easily lost through various kinds of transmission, and prevents certain code constructs, then enjoy your toy language. That's why Python has been around a fraction of the time Lisp has, yet still doesn't have multiline lambdas.
Lisp is for grown up programmers. Python is for hipster 20-somethings who are too busy jerking each other over on Reddit. Everything else has its uses.
Lisp doesn't need to force indentation, because any competent programmer doesn't need mommy Guido to hold their hand. Too incompetent to understand? Have fun with Python.
Value simplicity from the interpreter's point of view and syntactic beauty and elegance from the programmer's point of view. I have fun with Lisp! Since my complex human brain is capable of quickly understanding more than two special characters in addition to a base-10 numerical system and 26-letter alphabet, Lisp does not confuse me. If you're more comfortable with globs of syntactically-important invisible characters that can be easily lost through various kinds of transmission, and prevents certain code constructs, then enjoy your toy language. That's why Python has been around a fraction of the time Lisp has, yet still doesn't have multiline lambdas.
Lisp is for grown up programmers. Python is for hipster 20-somethings who are too busy jerking each other over on Reddit. Everything else has its uses.