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

Eddie Corns eddie at holyrood.ed.ac.uk
Fri Nov 8 12:41:00 EST 2002


   Too easy - try <http://galileo.spaceports.com/~bwrhodes/bfi.py>


Seen that :)
and most of the others.
And as for those extensions - a language that needs integers just isn't
trying.

There's probably not much to choose between them really but I prefer
functional style.

Eddie




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