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

[Jacek Generowicz]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> writes:

> Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> writes:
> 
> > Why do you prefer this to having your interactive session within
> > Emacs?
> 
> Habit, mainly.  I also don't really like comint interfaces, and
> playing about interactively is very important to me.

Me too ... that's why I like the mode :-)

> > I find Python mode's provision for sending code to the Python
> > session for execution, extremely useful.
> 
> Perhaps I should try it.
> 
> Do you hilight a region and then thwack a key combination to execute
> it?

C-c |      (py-execute-region)
C-c C-c    (py-execute-buffer)
M-C-x      (py-execute-def-or-class)