That example is not exemplar. If code appearance is the concern, and it is, we need only a single line of "ascertain". So the example cheats by massively repeat

That example is not exemplar. If code appearance is the concern, and it is, we need only a single line of "ascertain". So the example cheats by massively repeating a single uninteresting use case. We need branching code, code blocks, function calls with a half dozen parameters... That said, both will come out fine. What will not be apparent in the final product is that the Lisp version would have been formatted by a Lisp-aware editor, while the Python version will have been formatted by the programmer.