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Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ?

From Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de>
Subject Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ?
Date 2012-07-30 08:07 +0200
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Rodrick Brown, 30.07.2012 02:12:
> On Jul 29, 2012, at 12:07 PM, lipska the kat wrote:
>> I'm trying to understand where Python fits into the set of commonly available, commercially used languages of the moment.
> 
> Python is a glue language much like Perl was 10 years ago. Until the
> GIL is fixed

Enough people have commented on this piece of FUD already.


> I doubt anyone will seriously look at Python as an option
> for large enterprise standalone application development.

I know enough examples to recognise this as nonsense. You mentioned working
in "financials" and even there I know at least one not-so-small bank that's
been developing their internal (EAI and business process) code in Python
for almost a decade now. And their developers are quite happy with it,
certainly happier than many of the Java developers I've met in other banks.

Still, you may still get away with the above statement by providing a
sufficiently narrow definition of "standalone". By my definition, there
isn't much "standalone" code out there. Most code I know interfaces with a
couple of external tools, libraries or backends, usually written in
languages I don't have to care about because they provide a language
independent interface.

Stefan

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Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipska@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 17:01 +0100
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak@hrivnak.org> - 2012-07-29 13:13 -0400
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Bernd Waterkamp <Bernd-Waterkamp@web.de> - 2012-07-29 21:43 +0200
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-07-29 23:47 +0200
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 18:43 +0100
  counting source lines (was: Is Python a commercial proposition ?) Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-07-29 19:49 +0200
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Brandon Schaffer <bschaffer13@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 11:50 -0600
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-07-29 13:28 -0500
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Andrew Cooper <amc96@cam.ac.uk> - 2012-07-29 19:34 +0100
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-07-29 20:38 +0200
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-07-29 15:38 -0400
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Aled Evans <aled.r.evans@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 12:54 -0700
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 20:12 -0400
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 19:52 -0500
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 22:31 -0400
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-29 20:03 -0700
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-07-30 17:45 -0700
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-07-30 08:07 +0200
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-07-30 14:09 +0000
      Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-31 02:06 +0000
        Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-30 21:45 -0700
          Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-07-31 07:27 +0200
          Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-31 06:29 +0000
            Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-07-31 08:04 -0400
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-30 17:52 +1000
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-07-30 09:06 -0400
      Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipska@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-30 14:37 +0100
        Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2012-07-31 23:52 +1000
          Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipska@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-31 18:27 +0100
            Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2012-08-01 09:31 +1000
            Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-01 09:06 +0100
              Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipska@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-01 09:15 +0100
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2012-08-01 21:59 +1000
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-08-01 14:32 +0200
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2012-08-02 13:10 +1000
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipskathekat@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-02 09:17 +0100
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-02 09:09 +0100
                RE: Is Python a commercial proposition ? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-08-03 06:51 +0000
                Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-08-03 11:34 +0200
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-07-30 06:09 -0500
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-30 09:25 -0700
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2012-07-30 10:36 -0700
  RE: Is Python a commercial proposition ? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-07-30 18:26 +0000
  Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? Chris Withers <chris@python.org> - 2012-08-23 22:46 +0100
    Re: Is Python a commercial proposition ? lipska the kat <lipskathekat@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-24 12:03 +0100

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