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

[Gareth McCaughan]

Pascal Costanza wrote:

> >>>(funcall '+ 1 1 1)
...
> >>>(funcall '* 2 3)
...
> > You mean (funcall #'+ 1 1 1) and (funcall #'* 2 3).
>  
>  No, (funcall '+ 1 1 1) works as well (as defined by the ANSI specs).

Yes, but identifying functions with the symbols that name them
at run time is generally reckoned bad Lisp style.

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