Python in the future

Samuel A. Falvo II kc5tja at garnet.armored.net
Wed May 3 16:12:03 EDT 2000


In article <390FC76A.59FB5779 at san.rr.com>, Courageous wrote:
>The error in your reasoning occured when you likened computer
>programmers to lemming-like consumers who do what everyone
>else is doing. Since Perl has always had a vastly larger
>presence than Python, but Python is growing in spite of this,
>your analogy seems even further mistaken. Two strikes.......
>
>But the real question is will Python ever really become a
>mainstream language. Good question! Time will tell...

Add to that his claim that "technology doubles ever year" is also incorrect.
To be more specific, Moore's law states that the performance of
microprocessor systems double every 18 months (not every year), and refers
*strictly* to hardware.  It does *NOT* apply to software.  Want proof?
Windows.

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Samuel A. Falvo II
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