Python compared to other language

[walterbyrd]

On May 19, 9:36 am, a... at mac.com (Alex Martelli) wrote:
>
> From these numbers it would seem that Ruby (and PHP) aren't really more
> web-specific than Perl (and Python).
>

Excellent find, nice work. However, if it is found that there are "X"
many PHP programs running payroll applications, does that mean that
those PHP programs are *not* web applications? I don't think that it
does.

I was surprised to see Ruby in the same catagory as Perl and Python,
when it  came to Scientific apps. I always thought of Ruby as being
used for database oriented web-based stuff. Just goes to show what I
don't know.

I can tell you this much for sure: when it comes to UNIX system
scripting, Perl is the leader, with Python as a solid second. Unless,
maybe, you count bash & bourne, which I don't because those are not
multi-purpose languages.