Python becoming less Lisp-like

[Serge Orlov]

Torsten Bronger wrote:
> > Interesting.  I've never thought that.  What parts strike you as
> > "patchwork"?
>
> Well, with a little bit of experience in the field of programming
> languages, you can see which elements had been added later (ie years
> after Python's creation).  Properties surely would have looked
> *very* different 15 years ago.
>
> There would be keywords for static and class methods, no distinction
> between Unicode and non-Unicode

You couldn't do that 15 years ago because there were no Unicode that
time.

  Serge.