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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:10:27 +1100
Subject: Re: Questions about LISP and Python.
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> i don't like python, and i prefer emacs lisp. The primary reason is
> that python is not functional, especially with python 3. The python
> community is full of fanatics with their drivels. In that respect,
> it's not unlike Common Lisp community and Scheme lisp community.

So you hate Python. Fine. Why post here? Why not just abandon Python
as a dead loss and go code in Lithp?

Clearly something is keeping you here. Is it that there's something
about Python that you really like, or are you just trolling?

ChrisA