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apower on Feb 5, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: "On iteration": Why people leave Python

Is this like the exodus of the Ruby programmers? Remember Ruby was on rage couple years ago? But suddenly became out of favorite due to various issues. Looks like Python is the same way. People play around with it and find out all kinds of issues. When a new language appears (Clojure), people leave in doves. Just another fad.

brehaut on Feb 5, 2010 [–]

I've been using python for about 8 years before feeling like i wanted to move. I think that puts me well outside the fad window.

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