Python Advocacy and "hard" data

[Peter Hansen]

Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     Lulu> ... Lutz Prechelt's study:
> 
>     Lulu>     http://www.ipd.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprt_computer2000.pdf
> 
> Interesting, especially the last statement of the abstract:
> 
>     In general, the differences between languages tend to be smaller than
>     the typical differences due to different programmers within the same
>     language.

Sort of just backs up Brooks' conclusions all over again, doesn't it...