http://holdenweb.blogspot.com/2007/04/

python

 -is-not-religion.html
Can be basically said about all languages.

"Advocating

Python

  for the sole purpose of promotion is idiocy." 

It should be "Advocating [ Insert Language Here ] for the sole purpose of promotion is idiocy." You're right

Goes double for lisp/scheme 

td

Good write up..especially since I have been considering

Python

  as the next language to

learn

  after I get enough

php

  experience...I've read that

Python

  3.0 will not have backwards compatibility towards previous versions of

Python

 ...so the upcoming release should be interesting to say the least.

For me personally though... as much as I would love just one standard language, its just not possible. I don't stick to just one and often prefer that they at the very least work together. Thats one thing I love about

php

 , I can inter mix it with html & CSS all on the same damn page - they work together wonderfully - and thats what makes a good language - the ability to blend well with the code needed to do what it cannot do itself.