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84 points mkalioby | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.634s | source
1. mark_l_watson ◴[] No.42193537[source]
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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2. gabrielsroka ◴[] No.42194136[source]
> Python can be seen as a dialect of Lisp

- Peter Norvig

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

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3. mark_l_watson ◴[] No.42194531[source]
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.

4. pama ◴[] No.42197024[source]
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.