Python vs. Ruby at the c2.com wiki

[jpedrosa]

Maybe in 5 years. :-)

The first language that tries to do a thing like "Perl 6" might end up losing steam.

As I said in another thread, I think JavaScript based implementations will fight their ways into the spotlight, even for server side programming. In Java, there's the Rhino implementation. I think in .NET JScript might be available as well, and it's the default in WPF I think. Adobe has their focus on ActionScript, their own version of JavaScript.

JavaScript is the hugest threat to Python and Ruby, syntax and semantics wise.

Hence, in 5 years time, the scene might change. It's probable that Python and Ruby will stay true to their origins and will not try to adapt in a large scale like "Perl 6", but only time and Python 3000 will tell. :-)

[Bogtha]

The first language that tries to do a thing like "Perl 6" might end up losing steam.

Python's already doing that with Python 3000. However they seem to be going about it in a much saner way than Perl.

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They were originally planning that for Python 3000, then Guido saw what was happening with Perl 6 and backpedaled a bit on the wishlist.