Put me down for a nice, big, juicy Python!
Jon Udell cites favorably a comment made by Sam Ruby about programming languages. I am in complete agreement, have been for some time.
I do not, however, think Ruby has a real shot here. I've looked very closely at it and Python side by side and it seems to me that from the standpoint of syntax, GUI building tools in place, programmer adoption, and all-around quality of the language itself, Python has a pretty big edge. I spent the better part of three days with Ruby and concluded it was just a little too...primitive? clunky?...for my personal tastes.
That said, Ruby is light years ahead of Java and C#, and I think these modern languages are the basis for where we go next.
(Actually, I'm thinking that a full-blown environment such as Runtime Revolution with a Python-like scripting language to replace the xTalks that are just a tad too chaotic for most serious applications, is where we're really headed.
PythonCard, an Open Source project with which I have been associated as a documentor and example builder (among other things) in the past year or so is, I think, the best hope for such a tool.
8:03:00 PM 
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