03 May 2012

Python For Lisp Programmers - "Interesting"

This page seems like a good reference for those interested in Python and/or Lisp. Here is a quote (the first paragraph) from the page:

'This is a brief introduction to Python for Lisp programmers. (Although it wasn't my intent, Python programmers have told me this page has helped them learn Lisp.) Basically, Python can be seen as a dialect of Lisp with "traditional" syntax (what Lisp people call "infix" or "m-lisp" syntax). One message on comp.lang.python said "I never understood why LISP was a good idea until I started playing with python." Python supports all of Lisp's essential features except macros, and you don't miss macros all that much because it does have eval, and operator overloading, and regular expression parsing, so some--but not all--of the use cases for macros are covered.'
Python For Lisp Programmers

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