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

[Jens Axel Søgaard]

Pascal Costanza wrote:

> ...but that results in other problems, like the need for hygienic
> macros, and so on. I rather prefer Common Lisp, because it's much more
> pragmatic IMHO, and I think it's easy to learn as well if you have a
> good tutorial. (And there are several on the web...)

Beating

  http://www.htdp.org

and

 http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

are hard though.

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Jens Axel Søgaard