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From: JamesL at Lugoj.Com (James Logajan)
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 20:21:39 -0700
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Subject: How many of us are there?
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References: <371E2648.DED123AE@callware.com> <000301be8c67$08dd6600$959e2299@tim>
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Message-ID: <371E95C3.8D3EDE4D@Lugoj.Com>
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Tim Peters wrote:
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> [Ivan Van Laningham]
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> > Hello, Pythonistas--
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> > Does anyone out there have some idea how many people subscribe to the
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> > mailing list, or read the newsgroup?
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>
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> Yes, I keep exact daily tallies of both, along with the precise number of
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> Python programmers broken down by industry, application, age, gender,
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> income, countries of origin and residence, employer and life goals.
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Thank god he doesn't break down the numbers by aberrant food preferences.
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And no, I'm not saying. Otherwise I'd be the only Python programmer in the
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"Likes butter microwaved over Cheerios as a snack" category.
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> While I can't pass this information out for free, it's available for a
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> price. How do you think all those spammers got your email address <wink>?
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>
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> python's-demographics-make-perl's-look-like-cobol's-ly y'rs - tim
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Industry: Telecommunications
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Application: Network mismanagement
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Age: Over 40. Not saying how much.
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Gender: Mail or E-mail? Mail!
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Income: Never enough.
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Country of origin: U S of A
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Country of residence: Califunia; no wait, that doesn't seem right.
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Employer: Some unlikely startup.
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Life goals: To be able to identify a Larch.
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