Python vs. Lisp -- please explain

[Alex Martelli]

Bruno Desthuilliers <bdesth.quelquechose at free.quelquepart.fr> wrote:

> DH a écrit :
> (snip)
> > 
> > It is by design. Python is dynamically typed.  It is essentially an
> > interpreted scripting language like javascript or ruby or perl,
> 
> It's not a "scripting" language, and it's not interpreted.

OK, but then we should change <http://python.org/doc/Summary.html>,
which starts with "Python is an interpreted, interactive,
object-oriented programming language." -- if "it's not interpreted",
then why is this crucial page on Python's main site lying outright?


Alex