Why so few Python jobs?

[Duncan Booth]

"Carlos Gaston Alvarez" <cgaston at moonqzie.com> wrote in
news:mailman.1001409027.8458.python-list at python.org: 

>     ¿Python? Arguments againts it (from the boss himself) was that it
>     was an 
> internet language and that he was told that it was going to disapear in
> a few years. So I toll him that it was not true. And even if he had to
> rewrite it in some years he would have saved money (because of
> prototiping). 

There is a very good point here. The last few times I have had to write 
something in C/C++ I have written it first in Python to get it all working 
and then (when necessary) written a C/C++ version based on the Python code.

My experience is that this results in a shorter development time, and 
better code, than writing in straight C/C++. Of course usually you can get 
the time even shorter by skipping the conversion to C/C++ and just shipping 
the Python version.

-- 
Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
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