O’Reilly News: Why I Promote Python

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2000

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“It’s easy to understand why I use Python. It’s flexible, easy,
and powerful in a way that cannot be matched by other mainstream
languages. If you use Python, then you know what I am talking
about. If you do not, you will eventually; and then you’ll know
what I am talking about.”

“Selfishly speaking, I want to live in a world where most
software is written in a decent programming language. Java is
decent, and I don’t mind it. Therefore I don’t begrudge its
success. But I consider it a proprietary language surrounded by a
re-invent-the-wheel culture.”

“I do not consider Perl decent for reasons that will become
clear, and I do hope that Python takes most of its popularity. I
refuse to become proficient in “indecent” languages.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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