`read', `eval', and `print'

I skimmed documentation of Python after people told me it was fundametally similar to Lisp. My conclusion is that that is not so. When you start Lisp, it does `read', `eval', and `print', all of which are missing in Python.[o]
Some EXPERT PROGRAMMERS care to elaborate on the above? The last part (read/eval/print), not the one about the similarity.

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Lua supports functional programming, and anonymous functions.>>2
(not sure how to do specific language tags... so)

function foo(x)

     return function() return x+x end

end