Python's popularity statistics

[Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters]

Aaron K. Johnson <akjmicro at yahoo.com> wrote previously:
|the user base of a language is directly proportional, in a non-linear
|fashion, to its usenet activity.

How can something be directly proportional in a non-linear fashion.
Doesn't the "directness" mean linearity? -^

Perhaps (tying with another Python thread/digression) you mean that the
mapping {userbase -> usenet} is monotonic?

I'm sure it's not, but perhaps someone can do some studies and draw some
colorful graphs on the topic. :-)

Yours, Lulu...

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