State of Python

[Gerhard Häring]

John Howard wrote:
> Is it just me or have I noticed a decrease in articles in magazines,
> etc about Python in recent months?  I regularly receive several
> magazines (dobbs, computerworld, etc) and seen very few if any
> articles touting Python.  I have had great success using the language
> in my work envionment and would be disappointed to see Python "peak".
> 
> Also, my local Borders bookstore has practically eliminated Python
> books from its shelves. Everything seems to be Perl and/or Java.

I haven't followed this closely, but I'm very pleased with the Python 
coverage in German magazines (Linux Magazin regularly has articles about 
Python, and relatively advanced ones, the last was about persistence) 
and more and more books are available as well.

Just yesterday I was at Hugendubel's in Munich (Stachus) and there were 
at least ten different Python books available, including all the new 
ones like the Nutshell, "Python GePackt", "Python für Kids", etc.

I also learnt about a local startup company in Munich who's using Python 
(and in particular, ZOPE) because it provides strategic advantages in 
the extraordinarily fast-evolving market they act in.

So Python's doing quite well in this part of the world :-)

-- Gerhard