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merits of Lisp vs Python

jayessay nospam at foo.com
Mon Dec 18 13:04:36 EST 2006 
Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> writes:

> xscottg at gmail.com writes:
> > I should assume you meant Common Lisp, but there isn't really any
> > reason you couldn't
> > 
> >      (poke destination (peek source))
> 
> That breaks the reliability of GC.  I'd say you're no longer writing
> in Lisp if you use something like that.

Please note: GC is not part of CL's definition.  It is likely not part
of any Lisp's definition (for reasons that should be obvious), and for
the same reasons likely not part of any language's definition.  So,
your point here is actually a category error...


/Jon

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