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

[Brad Hards]

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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:47, Ng Pheng Siong wrote:
> According to Brad Hards  <bhards at bigpond.net.au>:
> > 2. Availability of useful tools, especially libraries (affects design
> > choices based on programmer productivity). Also includes development
> > environments.
> >
> > I am not familiar with Lisp, but I perceive that it has problems with
> > 2,3,4 and 5.
>
> For 2, do you have "freely available" as the underlying assumption?
I guess I do. I hadn't thought about it in much detail, but "Available" in my 
original statement means "Freely available if not already on hand".  For most 
programmers, that means that the tools (including libraries) are either 
included, or freely available over the internet.

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> I don't keep stats, but I believe every now and then some old Python hand
> has been overheard saying that c.l.py isn't as nice/interesting as before.
/me is only a newbie, and I can't really say. However things "in the good old 
days" may be being remembered through rose coloured glasses :)

Brad
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