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You could as well say that Ruby is a one trick pony destined to have its lunch eaten by nodejs, or that Go can't stand the competition from Rust as a systems la
by sergiosgc 12y ago
You could as well say that Ruby is a one trick pony destined to have its lunch eaten by nodejs, or that Go can't stand the competition from Rust as a systems language. It's not easy to predict language evolution, and everything so far points towards python maintaining a healthy evolution rate and a quiet but dedicated user base.
I'd say python took the place that would today be Perl's, were it not for the whole Perl 6 fiasco, and that none of the supposed contenders actually vie for that exact spot,
- mkesper 12y agoI'd say people took Python over Perl because of readability, not because of the Perl 6 saga.
- fuzzix 12y agoIf you take the time to learn the language, it's quite readable. I used to know a guy who'd freak out about not being able to read Perl. He couldn't write ("speak") it either, so I'm not sure what he was expecting.
- lmm 12y agoI've met many developers who had never written Python or spent any time learning it, but still found it very readable.