Python ready to replace perl

[Oleg Broytmann]

On 26 Mar 2001, Fritz Heinrichmeyer wrote:
> So i consider using python in the future. For this python has to have
>
> 1. sql-interface like dbi, at least for postgres (i think this exists).

   Exists. There are few different implementations. There is PyGreSQL,
PoPy, psycopg.

> 2. interface to openldap

   Exists.

> 3. mod_perl beeing able to program authentification procedures using
>    1. and 2. for apache and beeing able to program arbitrary URL-redirect
>    procedures.

   mod_python or mod_snake, perhaps.

> 4. a template system beeing able to manage multiple language versions
>    (to replace the perlish WML-System)?.

   DTML can be used outside of Zope. I use it in pure Python CGIs pretty
happily.

Oleg.
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