[drcode]

Yeah, the lambda issue in Python is definitely not very Lispy.

But I think even though Ruby offers a bit more for Lispers, I just don't like the design of the language as much in general as Python. If I don't code Python for a year and have to delve into it again it takes only a few seconds to get back to speed again. In Ruby, on the other hand, I always forget how the blocks & variables behave and am thrown by the strange predicate syntax, making this far more unpleasant.

[ngvrnd]

I agree, I like Ruby better both for the syntax, the cleaner oo integration, and so on -- but a year and a half away from each, I can pick up the Python again a lot quicker. And python is friendly to scripting, low-level and embedded applications, which Ruby (Matz) is not interested in.