On Sun Sep 17, 2006 at 12:18:43 +1000, O Plameras wrote: >Benno wrote: >>On Sun Sep 17, 2006 at 10:36:03 +1000, O Plameras wrote: >>>It is possible a new language will rise to challenge the increasing >>>dominance of Python and Ruby. Who knows ? >>> >> >>Maybe perl, which is 100%? > >Yes, Perl is 100%. This means the graph is normalized which means >in turn that the data for Python, Ruby, and others are set using the >data for Perl as the base line. The base line being the examples in >the Perl Cookbook (copyright O'reilly) which is already coded 100%. > >>But seriously, all that graph is showing is >>the number of examples in pleac, I hardly think that is proof >>of "the increasing dominance of Python and Ruby". >> >> > >If most are predisposed to giving examples in Python and Ruby, what does >that >tell you ?
It tells me that linguistically Perl/Python/Ruby are quite similar and have quite similar sets of libraries. > >>But I do think a new language will evolve. It will be Taipan, which >>will be like python except with strong type checking. >> >> > >Can you cite a WEB site ? I googled but got nothing meaningful. No, because it doesn't exist yet! _______________________________________________ coders mailing list coders@slug.org.au http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
