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Ivan Van Laningham ivanlan at callware.com
Wed Dec 8 11:23:50 EST 1999


Hi All--

Jeffrey Kunce wrote:
> 
> [Al Christians]
> > Python is running a healthy 4th in the Linux.Com scripting
> > languages poll.
> 
> [Barry A. Warsaw]
> > Looks like your message has rallied the troops!  It's now running
> > a distant second behind the 4-letter word of scripting languages :)
> >
> > Perl   42.65% (633)
> > Python 16.31% (242)
> > PHP    15.84% (235)
> 
> [Tim Peters]
> >Take heart:  Deeper analysis of the data demonstrates that the Python votes
> >are of much higher quality.
> 
> And maybe, Python votes are more honest?
> 
> ~10 hours later:
> PHP  59.90 % (3306)
> Perl  20.87 % (1152)
> Scripting languages suck  6.99 % (386)
> Python  6.34 % (350)
> 
> It looks like PHP is good for writing a form-submission-bot
> 

I wonder if our erstwhile friend Mr. Grassi is responsible?

<when-pythons-talk-they-ask-if-you-want-a-little-hug>-ly y'rs,
Ivan
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