I think it’s less about strings vs not-strings and more about practicality of metaprogramming with native data types. You can cobble some oddities together with

I think it’s less about strings vs not-strings and more about practicality of metaprogramming with native data types. You can cobble some oddities together with Python strings and eval, but it’s entirely inconvenient and impractical. As such I’m not inclined to cal Python “homoiconic”. I’m OK with homoiconicity simply being a subjective and slightly imprecise term.