I looked through the python.org web stats (as I usually do when
preparing for a keynote) and discovered that
/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.msi is by far the top download -- 271,971
hits, more than 5x the next one, /ftp/python/2.5/Python-2.5.tgz
(47,898 hits). Are these numbers real? (The byte counts
Guido van Rossum wrote:
What could cause this dramatic popularity of Python on Windows?
You should ask yourself:
1) Where else can people grab Python on Windows?
2) Where else can people grab Python for [every other operating system]?
Most distros are kind enough to provide their own mirror, I
Guido van Rossum schrieb:
I looked through the python.org web stats (as I usually do when
preparing for a keynote) and discovered that
/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.msi is by far the top download -- 271,971
hits, more than 5x the next one, /ftp/python/2.5/Python-2.5.tgz
(47,898 hits). Are these
Scott Dial [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You should ask yourself:
1) Where else can people grab Python on Windows?
2) Where else can people grab Python for [every other operating system]?
Most distros are kind enough to provide their own mirror, I would say
that easily accounts for the
Thomas Heller schrieb:
Also interesting are the hits for 64-bit windows Pythons:
/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.amd64.msi (23192 hits)
/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.ia64.msi (22523 hits)
But maybe misleading, as well. People just don't understand Win64:
the hardware guy told them they have 64-bits,
Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
Have the ratios changed against past figures (too lazy to look them up now)?
They did, but also because the statistics weren't updated correctly
until recently.
Qualifying a bit further: the last month that apparently had nearly
correct statistics before September
Guido van Rossum wrote:
Or have we just hit the jackpot?
Hi all,
I've been lurking the list for a while (fun to know what you py-devs are
up too!) but for this I have to speak up and give congratulations.
You're all doing amazing work, and I think thats being reflected in
these numbers. I know I
