[python-advocacy] how many python users are there?

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:45:49 +0100, Jan Claeys writes:
>Op zondag 27-01-2008 om 01:06 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Laura
>Creighton:
>> I need a figure for a report.  Anybody got anything that is recent and
>> quotable?  Python users europe-wide and world-wide are most useful,
>> but if you happen to have a very accurate one for some place else, I
>> can use that too.
>
>Who's a Python user?  Someone using Python as a programming (or
>"scripting") language, or everyone using programs written in Python
>directly or indirectly?
>
>In the latter case, I guess the number of python users worldwide is
>probably close to one billion...   ;-)
>
>
>-- 
>Jan Claeys

That's a very good point.  Thank you.

Laura