Re: Python or Java or maybe PHP?

In article <1136285678.276857.268840@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
James <fphsml@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I keep asking myself why isn't this more popular especially when many
>prominent Python devs seem to be well aware of Lisp where macros are
>done right.

You have confused "many Python devs" with Guido. ;-) Guido hates
macros. Oddly enough, my impression is that macros are popular only in
the Lisp community, and they may well be part of the reason Lisp has
never become popular.

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straight face.  It's kind of like having a guy who juggles chainsaws
wearing body armor arguing with a guy who juggles rubber chickens wearing
a T-shirt about who's in more danger."  --Roy Smith