Why is python not written in C++ ?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <7xmxt3uo4h.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin wrote:

> It's more verbose than C, so coding in it takes more keystrokes, but it
> looks to me like the general coding approach (modulo the extra keystrokes)
> should be similar to that of C, Algol, and so on, and the results should
> be quite a bit more reliable.

I believe the life-support software on the International Space Station is 
written in Ada. Would anybody feel happier if that had been done in C++?