Comment by holri
I think that Python has inherited a lot (but unfortunately not all) of the artistic qualities of Lisp. So in a sense the artistic dynamic approach of Lisp won given the popularity of Python.
I think that Python has inherited a lot (but unfortunately not all) of the artistic qualities of Lisp. So in a sense the artistic dynamic approach of Lisp won given the popularity of Python.
I find Python a pretty rigid and boring language. There are no macros, the syntax is infuriating, it is mostly OO these days.
You can do introspection and access the variables at runtime (using a horrible syntax), but that's it.
I don't see much artistic aspirations in the language or in its creators. Ruby already has a much better metaprogramming story and the code looks more elegant.
reply to parent and grandparent:
> Python looks like an ordinary dumb language, but semantically it has a lot in common with Lisp, and has been getting closer to Lisp over time.
> They might even let you use Ruby, which is even more Lisp-like.
I think the first versions of python were implemented in lisp. I believe this is why docstrings are the same in both.