PyOpinion: Does Python Programming Marginalize You?

[Paul Prescod]

"Richard P. Muller" wrote:
> 
> ....
> And yet, I worry that using Python marginalizes one. Python is hard to
> beat for writing applications that run on a single computer. But
> that's yesterday's computing model.
> ....
> 
> I'm aware of CGI scripting with Python. It's great. But JavaScript
> pages load faster than CGI pages, and are easier to program, to
> boot. Plus, JavaScript can directly call Java Applet methods, enabling
> it to do functions that are simply impossible with CGI scripts.

Actually, Java applets were last year's programming model.  In fact,
Java applets are something of an endangered species.

Java is almost entirely used on the server side these days and Python is
just as good there as Java is. In fact, with Zope, Python is better.

Client-side Javascript is quite popular but in terms of volume of code
it is a drop in the bucket compared to what is going on on the server
side.

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for himself
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