merits of Lisp vs Python

[Mark Tarver]

How do you compare Python to Lisp? What specific advantages do you
think that one has over the other?

Note I'm not a Python person and I have no axes to grind here. This is
just a question for my general education.

Mark

[John J. Lee]

John Nagle <na***@animats.comwrites:

John J. Lee wrote:

"Graham Dumpleton" <Gr**************@gmail.comwrites:

>On Mar 11, 12:31 pm, [e-mail] (John J. Lee) wrote:

Is it possible to ask mod_python to start separate processes to serve
requests, rather than "separate" interpreters? We couldn't see a way.

That's what CGI does.

I meant long running processes, as I hoped was obvious from context...
John

[Jorge Godoy]

jj*@pobox.com (John J. Lee) writes:

John Nagle <na***@animats.comwrites:

>John J. Lee wrote:

"Graham Dumpleton" <Gr**************@gmail.comwrites:

On Mar 11, 12:31 pm, [e-mail] (John J. Lee) wrote:

Is it possible to ask mod_python to start separate processes to serve
requests, rather than "separate" interpreters? We couldn't see a way.

That's what CGI does.

I meant long running processes, as I hoped was obvious from context...

Maybe FastCGI should help, then. It can run "forever" after a request has
finished so it is suitable for long running processes.

--
Jorge Godoy <jg****@gmail.com>

[John J. Lee]

Jorge Godoy <jg****@gmail.comwrites:

jj*@pobox.com (John J. Lee) writes:

John Nagle <na***@animats.comwrites:

John J. Lee wrote:
"Graham Dumpleton" <Gr**************@gmail.comwrites:

On Mar 11, 12:31 pm, [e-mail] (John J. Lee) wrote:

Is it possible to ask mod_python to start separate processes to serve
requests, rather than "separate" interpreters? We couldn't see a way.

That's what CGI does.

I meant long running processes, as I hoped was obvious from context...

Maybe FastCGI should help, then. It can run "forever" after a request has
finished so it is suitable for long running processes.

Yes, we've used FastCGI too. My question was specifically about
mod_python.
John