Python's popularity statistics

[Aaron K. Johnson]

In message <NQ3K9.333982$O9.194821 at FE07>, "Steve Holden" wrote:
> <nitpick>
> If the relationship is non-linear then the size of the user base can't be
> "directly proportional" to its usenet activity. It might, however, be true
> that the volume of usenet activity increases monotonically with the size of
> the user community.
> </nitpick>
> 
> It might, of course, also be true that Python attracts chatty bastards like
> me who simply love to see their own words echoed back from the Internet via
> newsgroups :-). If that were so, of course, you might expect Perl to
> disappear in the noise ;-)

Thanks, Steve! Someone else also 'nitpicked' me, and as I said earlier, the
'monotonic' idea was more my point and more accurate than the imprecise
'non-linear' term I chose.

Best,
Aaron.