On Jan 3, 2008 7:53 PM, Dorai Thodla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a great discussion. We can look at some factors and trends: > > 1. Adoption of Python in leading influencers in marketplace (Third most used > language in Google, IronPython on the rise in Microsoft, Python efforts at > Sun etc.) > 2. Typical sponsors, attendees of Python conferences like PyCon > 3. The number of applications, libraries, web frameworks in Python > 4. Google trends ( > http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl%2C+python%2C+php%2C+ruby%2C+javascript&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2007&sort=0). > This just shows search trends which does not really mean much. > 5. Number of open source packages written in Python (vs PERL, PHP, Ruby, > Java, C# in the last 2 years)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language#Measuring_language_usage > I am a Python fan too and feel that it has the best mix of elegance and > productivity. But I always wonder why some of the most popular web > applications - WikiMedia, Wordpress, Flickr, Facebook are all based on PHP. > Is it the scalability? Simplicity? The availability of free tools and > libraries? Low entry point coming in from C? http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html http://www.dreamsongs.com/MobSoftware.html -- http://nearfar.org/ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
