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Thu Apr 26 20:29:49 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/081323.html

> Out of the dirth of scripting languages available,
> Python and PHP are at the top of our well-known candidate list. There are
> parties who have either expressed an interest in or are working on languages
> such as Scheme, JScript, and Basic.

Have you taken a look at Ruby? 

It's remarkably clean, dynamic, fully OO, and open source.  I find I can
wrote more code in Ruby faster, and with fewer errors, than any other
language I know (and I've tried quite a few).

For more info, try:

www.ruby-lang.org

and 

www.rubycentral.com

Enjoy!

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