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Weblog:   The Great Python Framework/Application Debate
Subject:   Not winning but ...
Date:   2006-01-06 11:23:15
From:   webmaven
Response to: Not winning but ...

"Here's what I was getting at: I'm sick of the "Foo" language folks looking at the "Bar" language folks and feeling a sense of disdain because of their "otherness". And then feeling the need to compete with them because they are different."


People are tribal. Group cohesion is frequently cemented by defining an 'other' to exclude. This is human nature. Thankfully, as a species, we've (mostly) moved beyond trying to exterminate the 'other'.


In general, the main way group 'Foo' and group 'Bar' will cooperate will be by ganging up to oppose group 'Baz'. Hence, 'Dynamic languages are more agile', 'Java is the new Cobol', and so on.