Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'sized': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'commonly': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subset': 0.09; 'pushed': 0.13; 'language': 0.14; '(mainly': 0.16; 'commercially': 0.16; 'fits': 0.16; 'html)': 0.16; 'ignores': 0.16; 'java.': 0.16; 'message- id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'comparing': 0.17; 'code.': 0.20; 'written': 0.20; 'trying': 0.21; 'fairly': 0.21; 'java': 0.21; 'properties': 0.24; 'script': 0.24; 'tried': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'environment.': 0.27; 'question': 0.27; 'tree': 0.27; 'interface': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'lines': 0.28; 'this?': 0.28; 'questions.': 0.29; 'whitespace': 0.29; 'included': 0.29; 'source': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'subject: ?': 0.30; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.32; 'generally': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'comments': 0.33; 'page.': 0.33; 'much.': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'languages': 0.33; 'project': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'acceptable': 0.35; 'open': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; "wasn't": 0.36; 'anything': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'why': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'growing': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'fact': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'companies': 0.60; 'most': 0.61; 'real': 0.61; 'containing': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'here': 0.65; 'soon': 0.70; 'commercial': 0.73; 'counts': 0.81; 'subject:proposition': 0.84; 'apparent': 0.91; 'kat': 0.91; 'you).': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:43:32 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-146-5-185.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120729-0, 29/07/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 50 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1343583759 news.xs4all.nl 6871 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53628 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26201 On 29/07/2012 17:01, lipska the kat wrote: > Pythoners > > Firstly, thanks to those on the tutor list who answered my questions. > > I'm trying to understand where Python fits into the set of commonly > available, commercially used languages of the moment. > > My most recent experience is with Java. The last project I was involved > with included 6775 java source files containing 1,145,785 lines of code. > How do I know this? because I managed to cobble together a python script > that walks the source tree and counts the lines of code. It ignores > block and line comments and whitespace lines so I'm fairly confident > it's an accurate total. It doesn't include web interface files (mainly > .jsp and HTML) or configuration files (XML, properties files and what > have you). In fact it was remarkably easy to do this in python which got > me thinking about how I could use the language in a commercial environment. > > I was first attracted to python by it's apparent 'Object Orientedness' I > soon realised however that by looking at it in terms of the language I > know best I wasn't comparing like with like. Once I had 'rebooted the > bioware' I tried to approach python with an open mind and I have to say > it's growing on me. > > The questions I have are ... > > How is python used in the real world. > What sized projects are people involved with > Are applications generally written entirely in python or is it more > often used for a subset of functionality. > > I hope this is an acceptable question for this group You are hard pushed to find anything here that's unacceptable, that's why I like reading this list so much. > > Many thanks > > Lipska > There's a list of companies who use python on www.python.org top right of the page. You may have heard of one or two of them. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.