Python Popularity: Questions and Comments

[Bill Tate]

Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote in message news:<roy-08318F.09402128122001 at news1.panix.com>...
> tatebll at aol.com (Bill Tate) wrote:
> > This past spring, I spent a full month pouring over Zope in detail.  I
> > pulled every example product I could find that I thought would be
> > relative to the purpose of setting up a commercial-based application. 
> > I downloaded the tutorial and the draft zope book.  I pulled down
> > every bit of documentation I could find for developers.  In so many
> > cases, I found whatever documentation was available that key aspects
> > of the implementation took the "assumed facts-already-in-evidence"
> > approach; omitting key details that would were critical to improving
> > my understanding of using Zope.  
> 
> Unfortunately, I have to agree.  I've looked at Zope a few times, because 
> the hype sounded really cool (as all good hype should).  But, every time I 
> ever tried to understand it to the level of, "OK, so how do I actually 
> write an application using this", I was stumped.

I dunno maybe, I'm missing something here?  Here's the latest usage
figures for PHP - which has been around for how long now????

PHP: 7,095,691 Domains, 1,046,426 IP Addresses
Source: Netcraft

What's wrong with this picture????