Is Python the Esperanto of programming languages?

[Konrad Hinsen]

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 23:51, Jack Diederich wrote:

>   I would wager there are more people using python than know Esperanto!

Does anyone have an idea of the number of Python users? The number of 
Esperanto speakers is often estimated at 2 million, but with a huge error 
margin. I guess any estimate for the number of Python users would be just as 
imprecise, and for the same reason.

Konrad.