Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:49:17 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: *caution* severely OT!! Message-ID: <20110914144916.GB67869@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110914090245.GA65375@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20110914090245.GA65375@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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--xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Michel Talon on Wednesday, 14 September 2011: > Chad wrote: >=20 > > I really don't think I'd say that Common Lisp is "syntactically very > > close to python [sic]". It's not fair to either Common Lisp or Python, >=20 > On the contrary python is strikingly similar to a simplified version of > lisp without parentesis. It is not an original opinion by far, see the > following post of an eminent lisp hacker: > http://norvig.com/python-lisp.html > Of course lisp is considerably more complex if you begin to use more > exotic features, but if you confine yourself to translating python code, > it may be almost litteral translation, as explained in the link above. >=20 The OO systems are quite different. As long as the Python code confines itself to a functional style, then translating to Lisp shouldn't be hard. But rewriting Python classes in CLOS would not be a simple translation. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOcL7sAAoJEIpckszW26+RQXwH/iXJ5qARy+qj+Pvo3WDI+vCj z1H3eKqNSHIcm2SO32BjVAGv5Fh3JJ5axQgxfLXjo2GRK5p1ao5ZF+TAeO4vhTKJ 4cfWJa4AmT/lEVp1EaZXJaZvKW6XXle5EEmS8C1jwK9zFrpWS/yLM0VeDDEAs/SB ZCezHYtE0IKuCq0M5qJfmH3YdhRJ7gx8kvqH0a5kUX79RY0z48Dql0jY8XF6HU4X 6MZOcg+oqyadvmMamQzceUd6XTXwJ4WQk6LcV4mCVpQWhm29+PodAwZI5VaQXLLR 51LPqkVor7w+GejCYSxaFa6RVbfCUp1dJu6UzumSt9FatOJBVvpUXBukvbNuwfs= =qJDK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y--
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