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> Pycopy to CPython is a similar thing as Scheme to Common Lisp.

Has the author ever used Scheme or Common Lisp? They are fundamentally different (incompatible) dialects of Lisp. Is this really a fitting comparison?

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Yes, I'm of that generation which (being student age) drooled over Lisp (in all its possible dialects), just the same as the current generation drools over Haskell or whatever.

So yes, please take that comparison as going from one Lisper to another. (Which likely means we'll be yelling at each other over "fundamental differences!111".)

As a member of the current generation, I can confirm that no one drools over Haskell except hardcore nerds. We drool at Go and Rust and new JS frameworks. And Python I guess, but everyone loves Python.

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