Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Andrew Dalke]

Marco Antoniotti:
> Come on.  Haskell has a nice type system.  Python is an application of
> Greespun's Tenth Rule of programming.

Oh?  Where's the "bug-ridden" part?  :)

That assertion also ignores the influence of user studies (yes,
research into how the syntax of a language affects its readabilty
and understandability) on Python's development; a topic which
is for the most part ignored in Lisp.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com