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

[Kenny Tilton]

Courageous wrote:
>>Common Lisp is not designed for newbies but for experts.
> 
> 
> This little oft-repeated meme is exactly what has consigned
> Common Lisp to the dust bin of programming history.
> 

It's not in the dust bin, there are four (or more?) commercial vendors 
and several free. It's just not widely used.

But when I look at why Java and Perl and Python and Ruby are so 
well-received, I get the feeling evolution is headed for where CL 
already is. Time will tell.

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  kenny tilton
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