Is Python the Esperanto of programming languages?

[Erik Max Francis]

Isaac To wrote:

> No.  You should look at the various web sites explaining "why
> Esperanto is
> not my favourite auxiliary language".  All of them understand that it
> is
> supposed to be a second language, but still they think it is not as
> easily
> learnt as it should be, especially for non-Europeans.

This "all" qualification is a little too much.  It may well be that some
Esperanto detractors do not like it.  However, a lot of the casual
indifference/ridicule of Esperanto I've seen are from people who don't
know what an auxiliary language is, and have simply heard that Esperanto
is intended to be a primary language that is forced on them from
without, rather than a secondary language for all to learn.

Whether you're fond of Esperanto's design or not is beside the point --
it _is_ true that a large proportion of the people who have bad things
to say about Esperanto don't really know what it is.

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