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

[Mark Jackson]

Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> writes:
> Oleg fed this fish to the penguins on Friday 08 November 2002 04:54 am:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I don't know much about Python, but I looked at this comparison
> > between Python and Common Lisp (
> > http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html ), and I couldn't help but
> > wonder why Python is popular, while Common Lisp and Scheme aren't?
> >
>         I have to wonder about any paper that describes Python as being like 
> LISP except with in-fix notation...

Well, that *would* explain why it's called Python and not Pyson. . . .

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