How explain why Python is easier/nicer than Lisp which has a simpler grammar/syntax?

[Marco Sulla]

About statement vs expression: maybe you, Richard and
2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE, are right, maybe not. This is hard to say, since the
official C documentation is not public and you have to pay a small fee
to obtain it.

Anyway, I said "in C, the assignment is a statement that can be used
in expression". You're saying "No, in C the assignment IS an
expression".
I don't see the difference. If the assignment is a statement that can
be used as an expression, Python simply forbids that. If in C the
assignment is an expression, Python on the contrary treats it as a
statement.

The only real difference is that Python not only clearly separated the
concepts of statement and expression, but also _where_ you can use
them, for practical reasons.