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

[Erik Max Francis]

Courageous wrote:

> But requires a specific class of editor, whereas all other editors
> around can handle basic programming languages.

Arguably that objection applies more to Python's indentation
requirements than to Lisp's parenthesis-matching requirements.  Most
modern languages -- I dare say nearly all -- have rules about matching
parentheses (and often brackets and curly braces as well, of course) and
so practically any language mode in a programmer's editor will match
Lisp-like parentheses right out of the box.

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