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Subject: Re: on racket and other Lisps
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Thu, 30 May 2024 15:20:50 +0100, Mark Wooding wrote:
>
>> One of Lisp's most obvious defining features is its homoiconicity.  This
>> wasn't always appreciated.  Lisp 2 wanted an Algoloid surface syntax; I
>> don't know how this would have worked, but probably it would have
>> abandoned homoiconicity, and I probably wouldn't think of it as a Lisp.
>
> Perhaps look at Python as the closest we have managed to come to “Lisp 2”. 
> It still allows for homoiconicity to some degree.

Can you give an example of Python's homoiconicity?