Arc already more popular than Python...

....and Ruby now leads Python by 25%. Googlefight tells all.

Based on a more frivolous indicator (close examination of the language) I think Arc has a chance to take down CL eventually. It will be a close call, but Arc has a rock star BDFL and it's Lisp /and/ it has macros /and/ they are targeting the Web app space (can you say Rails? sher ya can) so it could easily catch on big time, get a big community fast leading to lotsa libraries, and once it compiles native... well, CL will still be better, but not by enough to stop Arc from taking over.

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  • Re: An Arc Tangent
    ... > language or dialect, and it sounded like minor variations on existing ... > to Lisp; but I didn't want to get into a debate about whether ... syntax and few about semantics) are discouraged with the party line ... > await Arc with eager anticipation, ...
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  • Re: An Arc Tangent
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  • Re: Paul Grahams Arc is released today... what is the long term impact?
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  • Re: An Arc Tangent
    ... waiting for Arc". ... > Day, the poster is waiting. ... than* doing language design -- not that they were merely interested ... Experimentation is what got us here, and it would be a shame ...
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  • Re: Paul Grahams Arc is released today... what is the long term impact?
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