programming languages (etc) "web popularity" fun

[Peter Hansen]

Dang Griffith wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:27:49 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Dang Griffith wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:53:17 -0000, claird at lairds.com (Cameron Laird)
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Note, too, that the Python one hasn't been on the street
> >> >as long as some of the others.  It's reasonable to specu-
> >> >late that the ratios haven't equilibrated yet.
> >>
> >> Not sure I understand your comment.
> >> Python predates Java.
> >>    --dang
> >
> >I'm sure Cameron is quite aware of that, and yet your comment
> >does nothing to invalidate his statement.  Surely you can accept
> >that "Python hasn't been on the street as long as *some* of
> >the others" (emphasis added), can't you?
> >
> >-Peter
>    I definitely accept that--I had glossed over the 'in a nutshell'
> portion of Alex' post, and thought the comment was about the
> language's popularity, not the nutshell books.

We both made the same mistake, actually, as I had missed the nutshell
parts as well until Peter Otten's reply.

>    Apologies for my confusion infusion, hopefully, now defused.

Yes, let's get back to useful topics. :-)

-Peter