Paul Rubin wrote: > In musical terms, Python is like a Beatles song, very popular > and easy to sway and dance to. Lisp is like a Bach fugue.
While I agree with your point in principle, I think that comparing Python to a Beatles song doesn't give the language the credit it IMO deserves. To avoid another thread like this one I will not state what language I would compare to a Beatles song, but if Lisp is a Bach fugue then Python I think is more like Mozart. Sure, Bach is the ultimate Master, no doubt. But Mozart wrote some damn fine music, often heavily borrowing ideas not only from Bach but also other masters (Handel for instance), but turning the whole into "something popular and easy to sway and dance to". Come to think of it, there definitely is something pythonic to Mozart ... Regards, Jan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list