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

[Chad Netzer]

On Friday 08 November 2002 15:48, larry wrote:
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> Why do SOME people think Lisp is a fantastic programming langugae?
> Are we missing something?

Because for all it's silly, irritating parenthesis, it got some things very 
right.  Whenever I see a new language, I tend to ask myself: "What subset of 
LISP is it trying to do, and what does it give up to do so."

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Chad Netzer
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