Wanted: Python White Papers

[Steve Holden]

While it isn't a "white paper", the following web page details many users of
the python language, some of them quite high-profile:

    http://www.python.org/psa/Users.html

Hope this helps.

regards
 Steve

<noahspurrier at my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Is anyone aware of any white papers to explain the use of Python
> at any big, high-profile companies?
> I'm trying to use a "look-how-these-cool-companies-use-python"
> argument to defend the use of Python for a project. That won't be my
> only argument, of course :-) But currently Python is not winning many
> management converts here based solely on its technical merits.
> Many still say, "What's Python? Never heard of it...". It helps
> a lot when I say "Google uses it!", but it would help more if I
> knew HOW it is used and WHY.
>
> Actually, the only high-profile company that uses Python that I
> can think of is Google. Is anyone familiar with their architecture?
> How does Python fit into their design?
>
> Is there anyone out there from Google that can represent Google's use
> of Python? What are Google's plans for the future of Python in their
> architecture? I heard that they might be switching to Java.
>
> Yours,
> Noah Spurrier
>
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