Suitability of Python for a Big Application?

[Martijn Faassen]

Boudewijn Rempt <boud at rempt.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Martijn Faassen <m.faassen at vet.uu.nl> wrote:
>> Boudewijn Rempt <boud at rempt.xs4all.nl> wrote:

>>> I do find Zope a bit slow - even when I browse a Zope database on a
>>> machine on my local network.

>> I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this; Zope by itself isn't slow. I've
>> heard both good and bad performance reports about Zope, but with tuning it
>> can certainly be fast enough to handle even the slashdotting of a site.

>> [snip rest]

> Well, what I meant is that 'standard' interface, with the stuff
> at the left side gives the impression of an interface that's as
> responsive as, say, Explorer, or Kfm - and since most clicks seem
> to load a chunk of html, that's not the case. It's more a matter
> of not matching with the expectations generated by the interface.

Most clicks do load a chunk of HTML, but on a local network it's plenty
fast though. Not as fast as explorer, I'd guess, but close to it (though
sometimes on a network one may get glitches and slowdowns, true). It can
of course be improved -- there's just a project started adapt Mozilla to
be a Zope front end, for these and other reasons. 

Regards,

Martijn
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