Two languages, too similar, competing in the same space.

[John W. Baxter]

In article <mailman.1009580733.19017.python-list at python.org>, Paul
Prescod <paul at prescod.net> wrote:

> When programmers ask to write code in a scripting language, managers
> will say: "You want us to write in one of those flavour-of-the-month
> languages?" It seems the curse of the scripting language world to
> forever fork off new languages just as older ones gain a little bit of
> acceptance.

My manager (the company owner) says "you want to write in something
other than Python???  You better have a darn good reason."   ;-)

  --John