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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:39:31 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:45:13 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> The Cakewalk Application Language (CAL) was very
> Lispy.

Was it like Autolisp, in making you suffer the Lisp syntax without the 
cool stuff like AST-based macros and lexical binding? In short, the worst 
of both worlds?