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in thread Is Perl the right language for a large web application?

> Python, for example, has a very strong influence from Common LISP. Perl, to this day, shows the influence of awk.

Please elaborate the "LISP influence" (except docstrings) in Python not present in Perl.

I'd be also interested to know which of them are special to "Common" LISP and not present in other dialects like Scheme or eLISP...

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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