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

[Kenny Tilton]

Anders J. Munch wrote:
> "Kenny Tilton" <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>>The bottom line is that no regular Lisper is bothered by parens [...]
> 
> 
> Or to put it another way, noone who is bothered by parens becomes a
> regular Lisper.
> 

Cute, but I will go out on a limb and say no one who tried Lisp and 
liked it was driven away by parens. Like I said, parens make editing 
much easier and more powerful, so it is not just that they are 
tolerable, after a while one does not want to edit without them.

otoh, I have heard of people who tried Lisp and did not get turned on by 
it. Nothing wrong with that, tastes differ.

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  kenny tilton
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