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		Ferret7446 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perl's decline was cultural I don't think "Pythonista" was a thing in the 2000s. Python is very old and only became more of a "fad" relatively recently.

zweifuss 1 day ago | [–]

I can remember perl vs python flame wars ca. 2002.

Also, the early 2010s are not that recent: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Pythonista%2Cp...

AlexCoventry 1 day ago | [–]

It was definitely a thing.

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