Python vs. Lisp -- please explain

[Fredrik Lundh]

Alexander Schmolck wrote:

> What's far more interesting to me, however, is that I think there a good
> reasons to suspect python's slowness is more of a feature than a flaw: I'd not
> be suprised if on the whole it greatly increases programmer productivity and
> results in clearer and more uniform code.

> So ironically, some share of python's success might actually be due to
> ignorance on Guido's part

it didn't, for even a millisecond, strike you that maybe, just maybe, the
"make it as dynamic as we possibly can" choice was made on purpose ?

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