Re: Why is Lisp not as popular as Python?

I believe that one reason is how incredibly accessible python is to
both people who have c/c++/java experience and people who are
completely new to programming. The documentation on python.org is
superb; the tutorial is enough to get anyone writing a useful
application (which is easily distributable and cross-platform) after a
few hours of study; and the documentation for the extensive (which is
another plus) standard library leaves nothing to be desired. Another
great plus is the availability of good gui toolkit bindings; if I'm
writing something for which a gui is necessary I immediately reach for
pygtk.

I personally prefer programming in cl, I find it more enjoyable, but I
don't program for the sake of programming; I do it to solve problems;
often with python it is simpler to write a small to medium sized
cross-platform gui and network application and distribute it than with
cl.

-d

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