always wondered so too. Racket also seems to beat python in many benchmarks: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/faster/racket-python3.h

always wondered so too. Racket also seems to beat python in many benchmarks: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/faster/racket-python3.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... , but yeah, i guess people just hate parens and prefix notation.