What does Python fix?

[Steven Majewski]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Tim Peters wrote:

> [Steven Majewski]
> > ...
> > When Dylan was being developed, there were plans for a Lisp-like
> > S-expression syntax as well as the more C like algebraic syntax.
> > They decided to drop the S-syntax -- to the annoyance of quite a
> > few Lispers. I believe they decided that a two syntax language
> > would not be 'stable' -- that eventually one would win out, so the
> > picked the one they wanted to promote.
>
> And Dylan's subsequent meteoric rise to world domination proved that the
> "Lisp's problem is Lots of Insipid Stupid Parentheses" crowd was right all
> along <wink>.
>
> the-reason-lisp-excels-at-getting-ignored-isn't-skin-deep-ly y'rs - tim
>

But the syntax that won in Dylan was the algebraic C-like one, NOT
the S-expr syntax. How do you explain that ?

-- Steve