
Language election
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Articles
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*Why Python?* by Eric Raymond on Apr 30, 2000 in *Linux Journal*. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

It was written more than 12 years ago when Python was far less powerful than
today but, nonetheless, his opinion and first experiences with the language
may be quite similar to what happens to some people nowadays.

Language comparison
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Ohloh
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**What is Ohloh?**
    Ohloh is a free, public directory of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and
    the contributors who create and maintain it. Ohloh Code is a publicly available,
    free code search site that indexes most of the projects in Ohloh.


Programming Language Statistics

* C: https://www.ohloh.net/languages/c
* C++: https://www.ohloh.net/languages/cpp
* Python: https://www.ohloh.net/languages/python
* Matlab: https://www.ohloh.net/languages/matlab


Language comparison (Monthly Commits as percent of total)

* `C, C++, Matlab & Python <https://www.ohloh.net/languages/compare?commit=Update&l0=c&l1=cpp&l2=python&l3=matlab&l4=-1&measure=commits&percent=true>`_
* `Python, C# & Java <https://www.ohloh.net/languages/compare?commit=Update&l0=python&l1=csharp&l2=java&l3=-1&l4=-1&measure=commits&percent=true>`_

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