Python -- (just) a successful experiment?

[Martin P. Hellwig]

Kay Schluehr wrote:
> Eric Pederson wrote:
> 
>>Raise your hand if you think the best technology wins!
> 
> 
> Who is interested in such a matter? Is this a forum dedicated to some
> programming language or a popularity contest?
> 
> If Python dies in a few years / looses attention but the Python Zen
> survives in another language I have nothing to complain.
> 
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Ave!
Although I think that the day that python is considerd dead is the same 
day that unix is truly dead.
Ooh yes and I have heard for over two decades that unix-like systems are 
obsolete, so why is the install base only growing and has never been bigger?

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mph