Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > since when is Microsoft a programming language ?
Well, to many a recruiter or middle-manager it almost is a kind of programming language, given their often vague usage of that and other product and technology names. But anyway, people who call themselves "Java developers", for example, who respond to job adverts which read "Java developers", and who might even surf over to python.org to check out what this Python thing is all about, might well see the label "developer" or "developers" and think, "That's me!" And, as if I'd arranged it to make the point, on java.sun.com the main heading reads... Java.sun.com: The Source for Java Developers I guess java.sun.com isn't just for Sun's internal Java development team after all. Paul P.S. The issue is whether python.org is trying to be the kind of site java.sun.com is, appealing to developers in general (ie. people who aren't working on open source language runtime implementations). Yes, I know: what would non-developers be doing looking at a programming language Web site? Well, the Java site touches on that as well, in a brand promotion kind of way - do you remember "Python Powered"? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
