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Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python?

Date 2014-02-08 21:08 -0700
From Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Subject Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python?
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On 02/08/2014 05:11 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I got to know about Python a few months ago and today, I want to develop only using Python because of its code readability. This is not a healthy bias. To play my own devil's advocate, I have a question. What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python?
>>
> 
> Device drivers and operating systems. Definitely don't try writing
> those in pure Python.

That all depends. Driving a USB device using libusb and Python might
just be the ticket to get things up and running quickly.  At one time
someone wrote a Linux kernel module that allowed you to use Perl to
implement some kinds of driver things.

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What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 15:54 -0800
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 00:09 +0000
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 11:11 +1100
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-10 16:54 +0000
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@free.fr> - 2014-02-22 12:15 +0100
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-08 21:53 -0500
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-09 03:43 +0000
      Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 20:09 -0800
        Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-02-10 12:10 +0200
      Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? CM <cmpython@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 20:21 -0800
        Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 15:59 +1100
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-02-08 21:08 -0700
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 15:14 +1100
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2014-02-09 06:17 +0100
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 16:41 +1100
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-09 02:47 -0800
      Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-09 15:49 +0000
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-10 22:56 +0000
  Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2014-02-10 22:40 -0600
    Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-02-11 05:35 +0000
      Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> - 2014-02-10 23:50 -0600
      Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-11 09:24 -0500
        Re: What are the kinds of software that are not advisable to be developed using Python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 01:37 +1100

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