Python compared to other language

[Alex Martelli]

walterbyrd <walterbyrd at iname.com> wrote:

> - IMO: the most comparable language to Python, is Perl. Both are
> scripting languages. Both are free, multi-platform, and multi-purpose.
> Both are also very popular.

I think that Ruby, which roughly speaking sits somewhere between Python
and Perl, is closer to Python than Perl is.  Judging popularity strictly
by the number of hits on search engines, it seems to be in the same
ballpark as Python and Perl.


Alex