Python Facts
Can it be true that the Python coverage on HN is overproportional compared to its real world usage?<p>If I look around the world is full of Ruby and Rails. Sites, libs, meetups, developers, everything is on Ruby or Ruby on Rails. Python and Django devs are so damn rare in real world -- I just know two of 100.<p>Not that I don't like Python but I am really wondering why Python gets such a strong coverage on HN. Every second day there's some Python thing on HN. BTW with Clojure it's the same but Clojure is something new, so I understand the visibility there.<p>Please don't downvote -- it's nothing against Python, I just want to see if the Python base increased or something happend I've missed. Thanks<p>How can it be?<p>EDIT: Thanks to all for the replies. What's interesting about this thread: I got tons of downvotes (besides upvotes) for the first comment. So, I assume this Python vs Ruby discussion seems to be a very emotional topic. Thanks to the replies I have now a better understanding that Python is older and dominant in a many non-web environments. My impression is still that especially in web environments we have much more pace and development in Rails than Django (just compare what DHH put in 3.1, Coffee, Sass, etc.  -- no flame war just a questions dear downvoters, don't freak out again)--Rails feels just more vibrant regarding web dev. But Rails is not Ruby ;-) It's just that I see all the Python stuff on HN -- which is slightly focussed on online/web/Internet -- and I really considered learning Python for web dev until I checked <a href="http://www.google.de/trends?q=python+django%2C+ruby+rails&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.de/trends?q=python+django%2C+ruby+rails...</a><p>EDIT2: but there's a new rising star:
<a href="http://www.google.de/trends?q=python+django%2C+ruby+rails%2C+node.js&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.de/trends?q=python+django%2C+ruby+rails%2C...</a>