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by mark_l_watson 581 days ago
Apologies for being off topic, but after reading the implementation code, I was amazed at how short it is!

I have never been a huge fan of Python (Lisp person) but I really appreciate how concise Python can be, and the dynamic nature of Python allows the nice query syntax.
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gabrielsroka 581 days ago
> Python can be seen as a dialect of Lisp

- Peter Norvig

https://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html

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mark_l_watson 581 days ago
Well, Peter has moved on to Python. I had lunch with him in 2001, expecting to talk about Common Lisp, but he already seemed more interested in Python.

It has been a while since I studied his Lisp code, but I watch for new Python studies he releases.

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pama 581 days ago
Agreed on conciseness of the implementation. It is short and clear despite having a Max and Min that share all except one character in 30 lines of code.
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