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

[Carl Banks]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> 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...


Python is more like Lisp than most other languages, though.  It's
similar semantically.


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CARL BANKS