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

[Erik Max Francis]

Pascal Costanza wrote:

> You're right, but I wanted to avoid to explain the difference between
> '
> and #'. These examples are only meant to give a first taste of Lisp.

Note that for "first tastes," Scheme is probably a better introduction
(if you're only learning Lisp-like languages for their own sake, that
is, rather than trying to learn a language skill you want to sell). 
Scheme doesn't have this distinction between a symbol and the function
associated with it, so there's no distinction between ' and #'.

-- 
 Erik Max Francis / max at alcyone.com / http://www.alcyone.com/max/
 __ San Jose, CA, USA / 37 20 N 121 53 W / &tSftDotIotE
/  \ If a thing is worth doing, then it is worth doing badly.
\__/ G.K. Chesterton
    ZOE / http://www.alcyone.com/pyos/zoe/
 A simple Python OpenGL rendering engine.