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On 2015-01-21 23:10, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I happily ignored PHP until a couple years back when we decided to
> use PHP for the web site on a small embedded Linux system. 
[snip]
> I briefly considered trying to switch to Python, but the Python
> footprint is just too big...

Interesting that your experience swung that way.

I worked on a contract about a year ago where it involved deploying
web services & ZigBee communications on a Digi Connectport[1] which is
certainly a rather underpowered device (20MB of memory is tight).  My
biggest issue was the project-lead's choice of CherryPy and
SQLObject...neither has nearly the same quality of documentation as
I'd grown accustomed to in the Django world.  Yet I was able to run
an HTTPS CherryPy server talking to a local sqlite database with
minimal trouble, handling a modest (i.e., small business) load.

-tkc

[1]
http://www.digi.com/products/wireless-routers-gateways/gateways/xbee-gateway#specs