Wisp was developed alongside SRFI-110 for a while and branched to SRFI-119[1], because SRFI-110 got more and more complex to improve edge cases while the focus

Wisp was developed alongside SRFI-110 for a while and branched to SRFI-119[1], because SRFI-110 got more and more complex to improve edge cases while the focus of wisp is to preserve the simplicity of lisp. For more details, see the history part on the website[2]. The background of calling it Python-like is that this is the motivation behind starting Wisp: » I love the syntax of Python, but crave the simplicity and power of Lisp.« [1]: https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-119/srfi-119.html https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-119/srfi-119.html [2]: https://www.draketo.de/software/wisp#sec-5 https://www.draketo.de/software/wisp#sec-5