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

Courageous jkraska at san.rr.com
Thu Nov 28 12:03:01 EST 2002


>... In the same sense that it is a _lethal_ failing of Python, C++,
>Befunge, email ... it is a _lethal_ failing of *any* data with a text
>representation, that needs to be edited.  <0.5 wink>

Not so. Most programming languages can be worked with in editors
that don't have language-specific modes.

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