Steven D'Aprano wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I can speak the same about Python if I view it from a prototype based > > perspective, where one get them for free in Lua but need to implement > > them in Python. > > Sure. And if you need prototypes, then all else being > equal that would be a disadvantage of Python compared > to Lua. > > On the other hand, I'd suggest that far more > programmers are familiar with classes than prototypes, > regardless of any objective advantages or disadvantages > of one over the other. Perhaps that's one of the > reasons why Lua is lacking the market penetration of > Python: programmers may look at it and say "No classes? > Prototyping? WTF is that? I don't have time to learn > something so different, better stick to languages which > have a smaller learning curve."
The "=" operator in Python is also quite different from many language people had experience like C or VB etc. And using the same argument, everyone may still be programming in COBOL now. And if we use market penetration as measure, Perl seems to be easier for people ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
