On 10-Jan-11 16:02 PM, MRAB wrote: > On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote: >> I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings: >>>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html >>>> The gist is: Python grew faster than any other programming language >> over the last year, according to this (slightly arbitrary, but better >> than no indicator) ranking. >>>> ...despite our wikipedia page whose first paragraph almost seems like >> it was written with the intention of scaring off new converts, with >> its "unusual" comment: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29 >>>> (Like it or not, people do frequently confuse the descriptive for the >> normative) >> It shows an example of Python code, which happens to have 2 syntax > errors! Why not correct the Wikipedia entry? Colin W.