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How long did it take to develop both (sorry, but quick googling doesn’t make it clear)?


I hesitate to give quantitative estimates without citations, but to throw a bone, something like: <2 years for Lisp by a small team of 4 relative newcomers. >4 years for Python by a larger team of >10 expert people. The software still does not have feature or performance parity.




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