Why did Quora choose Python for its development?

[Ethan Furman]

Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Steven D'Aprano (27 May 2011 03:07:30 GMT)
>> Okay, I've stayed silent while people criticize me long enough. What 
>> exactly did I say that was impolite? 
> 
> Nothing.
> 
>> John threw down a distinct challenge:
>>
>>     if Python is really so much better than Python [sic] 
>>     readability wise, why do I have such a hard time dropping
>>     Perl and moving on?
>> [...]
>> If I got it wrong about John, oh well, I said it was a guess, and
>> trying to get inside someone else's head is always a chancy business.
> 
> Why were you trying to speculate in response to such a - sorry - dumb[1] 
> question?

He asked the question not once, but multiple times (IIRC at least three, 
possible more) -- after a while it stops being rhetorical.

I would say also, if you don't want an answer, don't ask the question.

~Ethan~