top | item 46356958 (no title) dataminded | 2 months ago Python was easy to read and write. Network effects did the rest.Perl6 was a much greater mess than Python3.I'm more surprised that Ruby didn't do better. discuss order hn newest zahlman|2 months ago > I'm more surprised that Ruby didn't do better.As you say,> Network effects did the rest.In an alternate set of universes, Ruby has Python's current position, and you are wondering why Python didn't take off. (But I suspect Ruby evolved fairly differently in those cases.) The universes where both are popular are much rarer.
zahlman|2 months ago > I'm more surprised that Ruby didn't do better.As you say,> Network effects did the rest.In an alternate set of universes, Ruby has Python's current position, and you are wondering why Python didn't take off. (But I suspect Ruby evolved fairly differently in those cases.) The universes where both are popular are much rarer.
zahlman|2 months ago
As you say,
> Network effects did the rest.
In an alternate set of universes, Ruby has Python's current position, and you are wondering why Python didn't take off. (But I suspect Ruby evolved fairly differently in those cases.) The universes where both are popular are much rarer.