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

[Simon Wittber (Maptek)]

Don't you mean (lisp (be (never (will (Python))))) ? :)

Sw.


-----Original Message-----
From: Courageous [mailto:jkraska at san.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2002 10:26 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: Why is Python popular, while Lisp and Scheme aren't?



>It's not in the dust bin, ...

Yes it is. Lisp programmers are like spectres. Howling about the
newsgroups, not knowing they are dead.

>But when I look at why Java and Perl and Python and Ruby are so
>well-received, I get the feeling evolution is headed for where CL 
>already is. Time will tell.

Even if Python and Ruby have or will have the _capabilities_ that Lisp
has, (Python (will (never (be (lisp))))).

C//

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