Python's popularity statistics

holger krekel pyth at devel.trillke.net
Thu Dec 12 14:16:26 EST 2002


Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters wrote:
> "rzed" <Dick.Zantow at lexisnexis.com> wrote previously:
> |A couple of entries just jumped out at me: Clarion? Labview? I can't
> |believe either is "more popular" than, say, Cobol or Fortran. There
> |may well be more reasons to discuss them in a newsgroup, though.
> |It's hard to say what, if anything, the numbers really mean. There's
> |an element of buzz factor, an element of befuddlement, and, as you
> |suggest, an element of undifferentiated involvement:
> 
> I think where c.l.py definitely tops the list is in number of off-topic
> threads that are nonetheless non-flamey and very interesting to follow.
> Of course, with Alex M recently busy with, y'know paying work, it's
> become a bit too easy to follow the group (both conceptually and in
> volume).

Maybe we should ask ourselves if Lisp isn't a superior language, anyway.
That should at least help with the volume part.  

:-)'ly holger




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