Python Popularity: Questions and Comments

[Hans Nowak]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> 
> "Steve Lamb" <grey at despair.dmiyu.org> wrote in message
> news:slrna2nhfo.nme.grey at teleute.dmiyu.org...
> > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:48:13 +0000, phil hunt
> <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > Python runs quickly on my 300 MHz box, which is 3 times slower
> > > than the slowest PC you can buy today. It can only get more popular.
> >
> >     Well, if you take the measure of just pure Mhz.... 4 times slower.  ;)
> 
> FIVE or more.  1.5 GHz desktop machines are hardly news these days.

Hey, you guys, stop dissing my box like that! >=) 
(900 MHz, bought last month...)

--Hans