merits of Lisp vs Python

[Juan R.]

Harry George ha escrito:
> Really?  Given its small base, the percentage increases in Ruby use
> (for any reason) can look quite impressive.  I've see data suggesting
> Ruby is replacing Perl and maybe Java.  But I've yet to see data which
> shows people dropping Python and moving to Ruby. Where do I find that
> data?

No _scientific_ data but TIOBE Dec index shows an increase of 9x on
Ruby, 1x for Python and -4x for LISP [1].  More:

"There is only 1 month to go before TIOBE announces its 'programming
language of the year 2006'... Ruby remains to be top favorite for the
title."

Look also to Google Trends [2, 3]. One can notice further increase for
Ruby and slight decreasing for Python.

[1]  http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm

[2]
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ruby+programming%2C+python+programming&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

http://www.google.com/trends?q=ruby+language%2C+python+language&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all