jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk wrote:

> It may be a myth but it is often true.  When working on the physical
> modelling opcodes I was often struck by how much additional code and
> space was used in the C++ version compared to the C version.  Give me
> C over C++ every time.  OK, BCPL was better and true LISP best of all. 
I follow you up to BCPL but which flavor of LISP do you mean when you say
"true"? And in what way is it best of all? Efficiency? I didn't think that 
was the case. However LISP *is* more expressive than the others. Is this 
what you mean?