[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) writes: > > Consider this: Lisp has had years of development, it has had millions of > dollars thrown at it by VC firms -- and yet Python is winning over Lisp > programmers. Think about it.
The argument from popularity is invalid. French units have overtaken standard units, yet they are technically worse. Windows has overtaken Unix, yet it is technically worse. The market does not select the technically best (although it may select what is best when all factors are taken into account; e.g. Windows may be better when dealing with an ignorant workforce, and French units may be better when dealing with users thereof). -- Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl> Traditionally, there are only three classes of people who use 'we' in describing themselves: Royalty (which you aren't), editors (no evidence that this applies) and people with tapeworms. Please let us know when you've been cured. --Hal Heydt, to Dennis O'Connor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
