On 20/04/2021 04:47, Dan Stromberg wrote: > Actually, this list is less busy than it was a decade or two ago, but > that's probably because of things like stackoverflow, python-dev, pypy-dev, > cython-devel, python-ideas, distutils-sig, issue trackers, code-quality, > and probably others. > > There was a time when most python-related discussion happened here on > python-list/comp.lang.python. >
It's also a reflection of Python's maturity in the market. It is no longer a cute language that folks stumble across and need lots of support to get up and running. There are all sorts of formal and informal training routes available. People are far more likely to have a buddy at work using Python that they can ask stuff. We see the same trend on the tutor list, traffic has dropped off by a factor of 3-5 times what it was at its peak. And the questions are changing too, fewer basic things about loops and writing functions, more about specific library modules and such. (That's why I now have time to regularly read this list instead of dipping in once or twice a month! :-) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
