why python got less developers ?

[Aahz]

In article <b8udnYcvN-HlZArXnZ2dnUVZ_oGdnZ2d at wavecable.com>,
 <jfabiani at yolo.com> wrote:
>Chris Rebert wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Deep_Feelings<doctoresam at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> python got relatively fewer numbers of developers than other high
>>> level languages like .NET , java .. etc  why ?
>> 
>> We lack Sun and Microsoft's massive marketing departments. :)
>
>I'm inclined to agreed.  But in recent years we lost a number of developers
>to Ruby.  

Cite?  I mean, I'm sure it's not zero, but "a number" implies quite a bit
more than zero, which I'm inclined to doubt without good evidence.
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