why isn't python more popular?

[faatdilac at my-deja.com]

In article <m31yzs4frg.fsf at underlevel.underlevel.net>,
  Jordan Katz <katz at underlevel.net> wrote:
> aahz at netcom.com (Aahz Maruch) writes:
>
> > Unless those people have Perl as their *only* programming language,
I
> > bet that most of them would find reading *other* people's Python
> > programs easier to read than other people's Perl programs, after
only
> > one day of training in Python.
>
> I think this point is stretched a little too much.  In general, I
> agree; Python's more readable than Perl, but it *is* possible to write
> very nice, readable, and concise code in Perl.  It's upto the
> programmer more than the language.
> --
> Jordan Katz <katz at underlevel.net>
>

Right. I've written Python programs that few people can read and
understand. Job protection!

faatdilac


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