why isn't python more popular?

[Jordan Katz]

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>