Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Paddy
On Jan 7, 10:55 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Seehttp://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index. > > Marc ohloh "Monthly Commits by Language" also shows Python open-source work being healthy: http://tinyurl.com/2wcadu If you remove C/C++ the other languages can be more easily compared. (C/C++ I see

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Richard Jones
Berco Beute wrote: > What I would like to know is what it was that boosted Python's > popularity in 2004 (see http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Python.html). > Equally interesting is the question why it dropped shortly after. They explain the discontinuity on the index page in the FAQ. Richar

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : > Berco Beute schrieb: > >> Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) >> What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of >> sexiness? > > > I'd say Java was never sexy, but dressed up in expensive lingerie by > marketing maniacs... +2 QOTW > Diez -- h

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread ajaksu
On Jan 7, 9:53 am, Berco Beute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) > What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of > sexiness? > > What I would like to know is what it was that boosted Python's > popularity in 2004 (seehttp://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_in

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread George Sakkis
On Jan 7, 9:27 am, Kay Schluehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 12:53 pm, Berco Beute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) > > What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of > > sexiness? > > Python eats Perls lunch as a scripting languag

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Kay Schluehr
On Jan 7, 12:53 pm, Berco Beute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) > What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of > sexiness? Python eats Perls lunch as a scripting language. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Berco Beute schrieb: > Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) > What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of > sexiness? I'd say Java was never sexy, but dressed up in expensive lingerie by marketing maniacs... Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!

2008-01-07 Thread Berco Beute
Cool! We knew it would happen one day :) What could be the reason? Python 3? Jython 2.2? Java's loss of sexiness? What I would like to know is what it was that boosted Python's popularity in 2004 (see http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Python.html). Equally interesting is the question why it dropped