Carlos Riberio writes: > One possible marketing strategy is to use the adjective "fast" in a > broader sense. The Python slogan could be something like: "Programming > has never been any faster" -- this changes the playing ground, from > raw performance to *programming* performance.
I think Carlos is onto something here. Guido's original question was how to fight this meme... in other words, people think of Python as slow, whether they have measured it or not. Just like they think of Java as being more portable. Talking about "fast enough" is just another way of reminding people that we're really quite slow (even if that's not true). So how about a slogan like "Code it Fast, with Python", or "Python: Code Fast" -- one which emphasizes the (easily defended) claim that development time is shorter with Python, but which at the same time manages to associate the word "fast" with "Python". -- Michael Chermside _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
