Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.010 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'stack.': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'backwards': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; ':-p': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'thu,': 0.17; 'assuming': 0.22; 'lamp': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'possible,': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'chris': 0.28; "d'aprano": 0.29; 'perl': 0.29; 'steven': 0.29; 'maybe': 0.29; "we're": 0.30; 'usually': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'so,': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'step': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'manages': 0.84; 'popularity': 0.84; 'slipped': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=hdZHz7K2heObbjPV2Fs4o+fPnQq9AF51V9q0Vb37n+8=; b=irpZo5khTmsQ7tnPx8gyN/e9TJySIlztvaghGC40lZOTqSHUtk5QxIHS6IyNreoYaD zmEQvrOEIqTC3ieYkzRPxvswRen+MHspm1TvTHqyggpwtsYxLeu5iAaht4SDPpr5cHKW /ys4UQXgnKC9RjsvWYKzBH5M75Q7s9vMXF48LT7lq1gUGMNV4D95tTQg8F5UzCE6TlwV UplK8L9FukGuCy4zqZhBTs5y9tE+qOneeGWxS8mAnTFYKADh3+xwzTI8GWv9LQjWmyRf dONKMlKxS7Qxs9jdQnl7ZUFDd1516AsrQUsBFyy3dKqnEuVNulXSzc5+JcVA9R32rDTF OTxw== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5063eba2$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <5061cf25$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5063a179$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5063eba2$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:08:41 +1000 Subject: Re: Article on the future of Python From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348726124 news.xs4all.nl 6989 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60447 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:30274 On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:37:35 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Assuming it manages to catch up with Py3, which a decade makes entirely >> possible, this I can well believe. And while we're sounding all hopeful, >> maybe Python will be on popularity par with every other P in the classic >> LAMP stack. *That* would be a Good Thing. > > Given how Perl has slipped in the last decade or so, that would be a step > backwards for Python :-P LAMP usually means PHP these days. There's a lot of that around. ChrisA