Racket Is an Acceptable Python (2019)
This part was counterintuitive for me:> We found the age-old belief that "lisp syntax is just too hard" is simply false; the main thing that most people lack is decent lisp-friendly tooling with a low barrier to entry, and DrRacket provides that.If the syntax requires special tooling to make it usable, isn't that a sign that the syntax is hard?Are there many people who believe Lisp syntax is as easy as Python or other non-Lisp languages?  If that's true for you, I'd be interested in hearing more about your experience.