I am not so sure anymore where I read it. This is interesting: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-January/032674.html https://mail.python.org/pi

I am not so sure anymore where I read it. This is interesting: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-January/032674.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-January/03... It refers to this, I guess. http://www.paulgraham.com/lispfaq1.html?viewfullsite=1 http://www.paulgraham.com/lispfaq1.html?viewfullsite=1 "If you look at these languages in order, Java, Perl, Python, you notice an interesting pattern. At least, you notice this pattern if you are a Lisp hacker. Each one is progressively more like Lisp." This is the basic thought. Turns out PG wrote it more explicitly than ESR.