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Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

Sander Vesik sander at haldjas.folklore.ee
Sat Oct 4 19:59:22 EDT 2003 
In comp.lang.scheme David Rush <drush at aol.net> wrote:
> 
>> Exceptions              no              yes
>                          yes, via continuations which reify the
>                          fundamental control operators in all languages

the exceptions SRFI and saying it is there as an extension would imho be a
better answer. 

> 
>> Implementations         >10             ~4
>                          too many to count. The FAQ lists over twenty. IMO
>                          there are about 9 'major' implementations which 
> have
>                          relatively complete compliance to R5RS and/or
>                          significant extension libraries
> 

And the number is likely to continue increase over the years. Scheme is
very easy to implement, including as an extensions language inside the
runtime of something else. The same doesn't really hold for common lisp.

> 
> david rush

-- 
	Sander

+++ Out of cheese error +++
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