Request for Validation of Python as Development Language

[Chui Tey]

You have to be fairly certain your shop *needs* python:

1. Do your apps need to be deployed on non-MS Operating Systems? If not, you
are better off sticking to the standard fare from MS, since their
development environment for .net is without peer - changing code in place,
re-stepping through code, blah ...
2. Do you need certain libraries that are available in python and not
available in MS languages?
3. Do you need to perform introspection beyond what MS languages offer?

For me personally, I found Python useful to prototype and test ideas. Once I
get a working algorithm, I just port it back to VB. Python has lists and
dictionaries and the language supports these types well. I find typing
a={'key':'value'} a lot easier than set a= new dictionary: a("key") ="
Value". Similarly, the Collections class in VB is very limited compared to
the python list.

A. Keyton Weissinger <keyton at weissinger.org> wrote in message
news:mailman.1005625157.24434.python-list at python.org...
> Does anyone have a more recent list of commercial products out there that
> use Python? I've heard the usual RedHat, Microsoft (nebulous), and Ultima
> Online. I'd like more.
>
> The information in the books and the python.org site is a bit dated.
>
> I'm pretty new to the language and I'd like to use it for more stuff at
> work. I'm beginning to feel some of the stigma of it being a "scripting
> language." This is a bad rap. I'm in a .NET/Java shop (about 90%/10% for
> those who care) and I'd like to introduce Python into the mix. But I say
> "scripting language" and people head to the hills yelling "PERL!" which is
a
> bit disconcerting (especially since I like Perl too, though not as much as
> Python). They need to hear "object oriented application development
> language" or I need to buck up and realize I'm barking up the wrong tree.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Keyton
>
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