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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by emmelaich on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:59PM (#17520430)
That wasn't his motivation for using Python.

His motivation was much like many others -- it's the language that looks closer to pseudocode than any other.

His first attempt at doing the AI book using Java was a failure because it's verbosity and lack of features. Students found the Python version much easier to comprehend than the Lisp one.

Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by justbaker on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:31PM (#17525964)
> His first attempt at doing the AI book using Java was a failure because it's verbosity and lack of features. Students found the Python version much easier to comprehend than the Lisp one.

Sigh. Is that the nature of the beast in lisp? To me, it has always been a difficult language to sell to more "traditional" minded devs.