From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-09-19T09:40:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Python the new Lisp, what about Ruby then?

come on! python the new lisp? what's that suppose to mean? nothing
compares to lisp. the only reason more prople don't use lisp is becasue
of the strangeness of the ( ), some function names are esoteric, and
likewise fewer modern tools are available for it. beleive me i'd use it
much much more if it wasn't for these later two points.

ruby though just may gain as great a heritage as lisp due to its highly
OO nature. but python? flash in the pan.

-transami


On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 17:18, Edward Wilson wrote:
> I've been reading that Python is the new lisp.
> 
> For those Lispers in the crowd, how does Ruby compare with Lisp?  I'm
> not concerned about the compilers and interpreters, but more about the
> samantic limitations or freedoms of each.
> 
> I know Matz hacked on Lisp before inventing Ruby, so I can only
> imagine that if Lisp had something worth holding onto Ruby would
> certainly provide it.
> 
> //ed
> 
-- 
tom sawyer, aka transami
transami@transami.net