Re: [Axiom-developer] domains with parameters versus Python classes

[gdr]

Quoting Ondrej Certik <address@hidden>:


> I agree witht the arguments that you presented. Especially with 
> "There are very
> few programming languages that have invented anything new in the last
> decade or so". But now comes the point, which seems natural to me, but
> where we disagree - why don't we then just use a language which is the
> most popular? (It doesn't have to be Python, it can be Ruby, or any
> other, but I think Python is the most popular).

I'm sure the question is well-posed.

How dos popularity relates to effectiveness at solving programs?


By the way, how do you measure popularity?  By numbers published a
couple of years ago, there would be about 9 millions programmers
on the planet, out of which 3 millions are claimed to be C++
programmers.

-- Gaby