In article <lcofuf54b5.fsf at gaffa.mit.edu>, "Douglas Alan" <nessus at mit.edu> wrote: > What's the source for Python being the "fastest growing programming > language"? Just curious. > > |>oug Well, I don't want to disappoint you, but essentially there isn't anything behind that statement. I suppose somebody could go out and find out how many new books were published about python, and how many that is as a percentage of the books previously published on python, and use that as a growth metric, but it would be a totally bogus metric. Essentially, python is growing, and IMHO it is growing quickly, but nobody can sell books or training courses with "Learn the 7th fastest growing language out there!!!". Nor does anybody have any interest in actually putting in the effort to find out how fast python is growing. (If it's even possible) Whenever people speak in vague absolutes like "fastest", "best", "most flexible", "best documented", etc, they're either lying to you, or they're in marketing. -- David Allen http://opop.nols.com/ ---------------------------------------- Great minds run in great circles.
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