Python in the future

[Brett g Porter]

"Courageous" <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:390FC76A.59FB5779 at san.rr.com...
>
> > Right now, I see Python being the BETA,
> > and Perl being the VHS.  Maybe in a YEAR or TWO, Python will have gained
> > more support in the industry, and if it doesn't, I see it being replaced
> > just like the BETA machine's did.
>
> The error in your reasoning occured when you likened computer
> programmers to lemming-like consumers who do what everyone
> else is doing. Since Perl has always had a vastly larger
> presence than Python, but Python is growing in spite of this,
> your analogy seems even further mistaken. Two strikes.......
Another, more serious error in the analogy is that Beta only died as a
consumer format. It's still going strong in the pro video / ENG world. And
it's probably more profitable for Sony as a Pro format because they don't
need to cut their margins to keep volume up.