Why is Python popular, while Lisp and Scheme aren't?

[Dieter Menszner]

David Eppstein wrote:
> In article <aqhmib$ei8$2 at solaris.cc.vt.edu>,
>  Carl Banks <imbosol at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Python is more like Lisp than most other languages, though.  It's
>>similar semantically.
> 
> 
> This makes little sense to me.  Even the most basic data structures are 
> different: Lisp is based around singly linked lists while Python uses 
> vectors (with efficient random access unlike Lisp lists) and 
> dictionaries.  They are also not especially similar in programming 
>

This is just wrong. To say 'Lisp is based around singly linked'
is similar as saying C is build around the ASCII character set.
Not totally wrong but ...

Common Lisp has built-in all the usual data types including
hash tables.