Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.017 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'facts': 0.09; 'large-scale': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'uses.': 0.09; 'developer': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'from:addr:torriem': 0.16; 'from:name:michael torrie': 0.16; 'internally': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'posting': 0.31; 'bad.': 0.31; 'this.': 0.32; 'projects.': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'thanks': 0.36; 'subject:New': 0.37; 'so,': 0.37; 'too': 0.37; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'environment.': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'gone': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'discuss': 0.62; 'real': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'studies': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'benefit': 0.68; 'url:4': 0.69 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at torriefamily.org Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:03:36 -0600 From: Michael Torrie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: New to Python - block grouping (spaces) References: <9fc57fc9-0399-4ff3-882a-d041f02827d8@googlegroups.com> <6580b5d5-92f5-4bfa-b1d0-889c69fe82bb@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ 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: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1429884243 news.xs4all.nl 2922 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42570 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:89368 On 04/24/2015 01:31 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 16/04/2015 15:52, Blake McBride wrote: >> So, Python may be a cute language for you to use as an individual, but it is unwieldy in a real development environment. >> > > First paragraph from > http://www.talkpythontome.com/episodes/show/4/enterprise-python-and-large-scale-projects > > > Mahmoud is lead developer of the Python Infrastructure team at > eBay/PayPal and he has some amazing facts and studies to discuss about > the truths and myths using Python for real projects. We discuss how eBay > is using Python internally for many large-scale uses. Then we move on to > discuss the 10 myths of enterprise Python, such as Python is not > compiled, Python is weakly-typed, Python does not scale, and more. Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Unfortunately the original poster is long gone and will never benefit from this. Too bad.