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Message: [QUOTE="Raffael Cavallaro, post: 1731008"] This I believe is the very crux of the matter. The problem domain to which lisp has historically been applied, artificial intelligence, more or less guaranteed that lisp hackers would run up against the sorts of problems that no one had ever seen before. The language therefore evolved into a "programmable programming language," to quote John Foderaro (or whoever first said or wrote this now famous line). Lisp gives the programmer who knows he will be working in a domain that is not completely cut and dried, the assurance that his language will not prevent him for doing something that has never been done before. Python gives me the distinct impression that I might very well run up against the limitations of the language when dealing with very complex problems. For 90% of tasks, even large projects, Python will certainly have enough in its ever expanding bag of tricks to provide a clean, maintainable solution. But that other 10% keeps lisp hackers from using Python for exploratory programming - seeking solutions in problem domains that have not been solved before. [/QUOTE]