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

[Michael Hudson]

larrye2000 at hotmail.com (larry) writes:

> If lisp is such a crummy language why has it survived at all for so
> long?

Well, obviously: because it's not such a crummy language.

Cheers,
M.

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