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The year after he wrote this, Norvig joined Google and decided that Python was a good enough alternative. He posted a web page about it, but I can't find it rn. However, here's a comment of his on HN about it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803815




https://norvig.com/python-lisp.html

This essay starts with the context of his choosing Python to express what was formerly pseudocode.


Also see this, in the same topic but not in the same thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1803627


but Python doesn't resemble Lisp at all: https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/pythonvslisp/ (overview of the workflows and ecosystems)




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