Python's Lisp heritage

[James J. Besemer]

John Roth wrote:

> I think what people are trying to tell you is that many of the
> features that Lisp pioneered are now features of so many
> languages that it simply isn't necessary to quote Lisp as a
> direct ancestor of anything, unless you're doing historical
> research.

MESSAGE RECEIVED LOUD AND CLEAR.

> One of the things that is most unusual about Python is
> it's rejection of bracketing where it isn't needed:
> using indentation for block structure is one example.
> This is diametrically opposed to Lisp.

Right.  Along with most of the rest of Python's syntax.

Regards

--jb

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