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

[Christian Tanzer]

Pascal Costanza <costanza at web.de> wrote:

> ...or some nice examples. ;)
>
>  > (+ 1 1)
> 2
>
>  > (+ 1 1 1)
> 3
>
>  > (+ 1 1 1 2)
> 5
>
>  > (+ 2)
> 2
>
>  > (+)
> 0
>
>  > (*)
> 1

Bah.

>>> import operator
>>> def plus(* args):
...     return reduce(operator.add, args, 0)
...
>>> plus()
0
>>> plus(1)
1
>>> plus(1, 1)
2
>>> plus(1, 1, 1)
3
>>> plus(1, 1, 1, 2)
5

Implementing mul is left as an exercise <wink>.

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