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

[Courageous]

>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))))).

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