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First we had web apps written in Java, then Perl, PHP. Python's popularity for web app development came way later (django was released in 2005)
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
First we had web apps written in Java, then Perl, PHP.
Python's popularity for web app development came way later (django was released in 2005)
- bccdee 6y agoPython was originally written as a reaction to C & C++. It didn't really hit the mainstream for web apps until much later, granted, but when we compare it to the languages it was originally competing against, the difference is pretty clear.