Sridhar, Thanks. Some wonderful resources. Dorai
On Jan 3, 2008 8:17 PM, Sridhar Ratnakumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Dorai Thodla (http://www.thodla.com) US: 650-206-2688 India: 98408 89258
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