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| Date | 2013-02-20 03:09 +0000 |
|---|---|
| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: Is Python "venerable"? |
| References | <roy-198D2A.21455319022013@news.panix.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2079.1361329742.2939.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 2013-02-20 02:45, Roy Smith wrote: > A quote from Computer World (http://tinyurl.com/bxqjed8): > > "... the Python Software Foundation (PSF) - a non-profit supporting the > venerable Python programming language ..." > > Venerable? Come on. Fortran is venerable. Cobol is venerable. Old > farts use things that are venerable. I don't want to be an old fart > (not that I have much say in the matter). > > I use Python because I want to be one of the cool kids, doing new hip > stuff. Has the language really progressed to the point where it's being > called "venerable"? If I want to be one of the cool kids, am I now > going to have to switch to Lua or Scala or (please, no) JavaScript? > I believe that the cools kids don't use the word "hip" any more.
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Is Python "venerable"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-19 21:45 -0500
Re: Is Python "venerable"? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-02-20 03:09 +0000
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Barry W Brown <brownbar@gmail.com> - 2013-02-19 19:53 -0800
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2013-02-20 16:03 +0000
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-02-19 23:03 -0500
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-20 04:15 +0000
Re: Is Python "venerable"? rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2013-02-20 11:28 -0800
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-02-19 23:10 -0500
Re: Is Python "venerable"? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-02-19 20:42 -0800
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 09:08 +0000
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 20:20 +1100
Re: Is Python "venerable"? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 02:49 -0800
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-02-20 10:19 +0100
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> - 2013-02-20 06:03 -0500
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 12:35 +0100
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 22:45 +1100
Re: Is Python "venerable"? rh <richard_hubbe11@lavabit.com> - 2013-02-20 11:29 -0800
Re: Is Python "venerable"? Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-02-20 10:33 -0500
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