Thursday ha scritto:

> 
> As I type this, #python has 130 users and #ruby-lang has 185 users (the 
> most I've seen).  About 2-3 months ago, I saw around 190 in #python and 
> only 160 in #ruby-lang.  Ruby is seeing constant and continuous increase 
> in popularity while Python does not (based solely on the IRC observation).

well, supposing you're talking about freenode, consider tha a #python2 
channel exists. Well, we have #rubyonrails and #iowa too. And btw they 
have #twisted and #twisted.web. Oh, and #rubygems and #rpa. But, hei, 
#python.web and probably #zope. I mean, there could be a better analisys :)

> I understand that using only IRC channel membership by itself might not 
> be accurate but it is something we can measure.  And the trend is clear: 
> ruby is growing in popularity while python is not.  So you decide if you 
> want to stick with something that has already peaked or if you want to 
> go with something that is growing consistently.

I won't say python is not growing. Maybe ruby is growing a little bit 
more, anyway. But maybe not. Statistical considerations are the next 
thing in the "lies, damn lies, benchmark" list, I guess :)

In the end It always boils down to "I'm happy with ruby, you're happy 
with python, lest's spread good karma"