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

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Oleg fed this fish to the penguins on Friday 08 November 2002 04:54 am:

> Hi
> 
> I don't know much about Python, but I looked at this comparison
> between Python and Common Lisp (
> http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html ), and I couldn't help but
> wonder why Python is popular, while Common Lisp and Scheme aren't?
>
        I have to wonder about any paper that describes Python as being like 
LISP except with in-fix notation...

        By that loose definition, ALL languages are like LISP... (which, at a 
root, is true, since they all can be equated to a Turing machne <G>).

        However, I'd find it more reasonable to declare the Forth is like LISP 
-- except backwards <G>

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