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

[David Garamond]

Oleg wrote:
> 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?

one sentence: "syntax matters." for people in denial, make it two: "yes 
it really does."

or, rephrased: indentation and "1+1" scare people less than parentheses 
and "(add 1 1)" or something like that.

but perhaps if lisp were invented thousands of years ago before math and 
the plus (+) operator...

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dave