[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Alex Martelli wrote: > > Steve R. Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > > > But the key in the whole thread is simply that indentation will not > > > > scale. Nor will Python. > > > > > > This is a curious statement, given that Python is famous for scaling well. > > > > I think "ridiculous" is a better characterization than "curious", even > > if you're seriously into understatement. > > When you consider that there was just a big flamewar on comp.lang.lisp > about the lack of standard mechanisms for both threading and sockets in > Common Lisp (with the lispers arguing that it wasn't needed) I find it > "curious" that someone can say Common Lisp scales well.
You really need to get better at distinguishing between reality and usenet flamewars. While some comp.lang.lispers were bitching back and forth about this, others of us were in Hamburg listening to Martin Cracauer from ITA talking about "Common Lisp in a high-performance search environment". In case you aren't aware, ITA is the company that makes the search engine behind Orbitz. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
