Python's popularity

[Thorsten Kampe]

* r (Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:44:32 -0800 (PST))> 
> Steve Holden
> > What makes you assume this is a zero-sum game, and that Python won't
> > survive if any other language becomes popular. Every language borrows
> > from those that came before it. Terms like "outright plagiarism" don't
> > encourage rational debate, and make you seem like a troll who is more
> > interested in stirring up controversy than actually doing things to help
> > promote the language.
> 
> This is a war Steve, and i will explain why. Python does not need to
> compete with perl, lisp, C, basic, etc, etc. WHY, well because python
> is SO radically different than those languages. Ruby on the other
> hand, took most from python, the only difference is Ruby's full OO
> integration.(12.method()). Since Ruby is so similar to python [...]

You don't have a single clue about neither Python nor Ruby:
'According to the Ruby FAQ, "If you like Perl, you will like Ruby and be 
right at home with its syntax. [...] If you like Python, you may or may 
not be put off by the huge difference in design philosophy between 
Python and Ruby/Perl."'[1]

Thorsten
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)#Semantics