Tech HR wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>This is more out of curiosity, but does it mean that you wouldn't be
>>willing to listen about a switch from Python to Lisp?
>
>
> No, it doesn't mean that. In fact, there is a significant faction in
> the technical staff (including the CTO) who would like nothing better
> than to be able to use Lisp instead of Python. But we have some pretty
> compelling reasons to stick with Python, not least of which is that it
> is turning out to be very hard to find Lisp programmers.
As someone who knows both languages, I'd stay with Python, although
trying to do heavy number crunching in a naive interpreter may be a problem.
That's a tough scheduling problem. It took about a year for the
NetJets people to develop their application for it.
John Nagle
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