All I knew about Sussman prior to reading that quote was that he was an author of SICP. Now I'll think of him as a tedious and arrogant curmudgeon. Can someone give me a nice quote by him to make that go away?
To be clear, that was a serious criticism. Pretending that there was no particular reason for choosing python is a classic case of being unwilling to credit others (python authors) for their hard work, and is thus arrogant, ungrateful and dismissive. Claiming that "back in my day programmers had to think hard" is a classic case of being tedious and curmudgeonly.
