Does 'Rube' have a negative connotation attached to it? I mean we're calling Python devs 'Pythonistas,' which I also don't necessarily associate with negative connotations. Maybe I just haven't participated in enough Python-Ruby flamewars to know all of the 'secret' lingo that's only offensive to you if you are already part of that flamewar culture?<p>&#62; <i>Indeed, this is true. It's unfortunate that so many python developers don't follow suit.</i><p>Do you have any numbers to back any of this up? Is it possible that Python just happens to have a small number of <i>really</i> vocal hyper-proponents that feel the need to bash everything else? Could it just be that you <i>aren't</i> a Python programmer so you take more offense to your language being bashed and therefore notice if more often than others?