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

[Kenny Tilton]

David Eppstein wrote:
> In article <3DDA7385.2020609 at nyc.rr.com>,
>  Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>There are two things which make me cringe.  1) When a Pythonista
>>>complains about allergies to strange delimiters, and 2) when a Lisper
>>>calls other languages too slow.
>>
>>The numbers I hear are that CL runs on average 20% slower than C.
> 
> 
> This is after how many decades of Lisp compiler development?
> 

Omigod! First of all, re situations C knows about, CL does just as well. 
Remember, the 20% slower is /on average/. I am sure you know that CL 
like Python is dynamic. Getting that stuff to run almost as fast as C 
suggests CL compiler technology is superb.


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