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Re:Logix: Adding macros to Python by jey on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @01:18AM (#53184)
> And I'm just wondering...even with SBCL, why would it be an 'incredibly bad idea' to undertake such a project to convert a Lisp dialect to Python?

Well...what's the point of compiling Lisp into a language with a slower runtime? If you mean that you want it to compiel to something "pretty", well, the output of a compiler is generally not pretty. It's just meant to be used as opaque object code, not something for human consumption.

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Re:Logix: Adding macros to Python by AF on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @01:39AM (#53191)
I thought I made it clear. The point of doing that is because you'd have simple access to Python's massive collection of quality libraries.
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Re:Logix: Adding macros to Python by jey on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @01:59PM (#53442)
Oh, ok.
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