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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322442 Archived-At: > Lisp's superiority is a myth. I have read this in Lem editor=E2=80=99s homepage: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =E2=80=9CIt is=C2=A0 an established fact=C2=A0 that John= McCarthy shared=C2=A0 alien tech =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 with the world in 1958 when=C2=A0 he introduced us to Li= sp. We continue =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 that great tradition.=E2=80=9D (Myth or not!?) They use this for advertisement and it=E2=80=99s working. > Most pleasant=C2=A0 to the people=C2=A0 who have that inclination=C2=A0 (= they don't > have to be similar in other areas). Exactly!=C2=A0=C2=A0 I came=C2=A0 from=C2=A0 a=C2=A0 Pythonic background=C2= =A0 just=C2=A0 because it=C2=A0 was suggested everywhere, and I was talking=C2=A0 the same way.=C2=A0 But it to= ok me a week to learn=C2=A0 Elisp, and now I can't even imagine=C2=A0 how all of = these features would work in Emacs if they were written in Python. > Lisp is stronger at universities. Not in Asia!=C2=A0 I can't name a=C2=A0 university in Asia where Lisp is ta= ught. Lisp was never taught in our universities.=C2=A0 Not in Asia and not in the Middle East.=C2=A0 Perhaps in Japan? > In some instances > the indented style and excessive use of () makes working with lisp > code harder than other languages. Are you=C2=A0 sure?=C2=A0 I'm a Python=C2=A0 programmer and I don't=C2=A0 t= hink so.=C2=A0 Also, some=C2=A0 researches=C2=A0 have been=C2=A0 done=C2=A0 on=C2=A0 this.=C2=A0= =C2=A0 Would you=C2=A0 bother=C2=A0 some Googling about it? My=C2=A0=C2=A0 father=C2=A0=C2=A0 basically=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 hates=C2=A0= =C2=A0 whitespace=C2=A0=C2=A0 sensitive=C2=A0=C2=A0 languages. Perhaps it=E2=80=99s about taste difference? --- Regards