[Slightly-OT] Wasn't Google supposed to be "avid Python-Users" ?

[phil hunt]

On 07 Feb 2002 03:44:40 -0800, Paul Rubin <phr-n2002a at nightsong.com> wrote:
>kalath at lycos.com (Mark Brady) writes:
>> As python lover trapped developing in Java I see this a lot. Sun's
>> marketing has convinced a lot middle/upper management that Java/J2EE
>> is the only viable option to C/C++ for large server side systems.
>> Actually the endorsement and support from IBM/Oracle/HP/etc. for Java
>> is what seems to have given Java the 'respectability' it currently
>> enjoys as a C/C++ alternative. On a personal note Java/J2EE while
>> keeping me employed is driving me insane. Thank god for Pygame
>> (www.pygame.org). Java feeds the body but Python feeds the soul!
>
>As much as I like Python, I don't see it working so well in the kind
>of large, real-world projects that Java works pretty well in:
>
>  - big codebase (>200K LOC) being developed/maintained by lots (say
>    20 or more) of people

But 200 KLOC of Java is probably only about 80 KLOC of Python.

>  - Program stays around for years but developers come and go.
>    Average turnover is maybe 1 programmer per month.  So there
>    are always people hacking on the codebase who aren't that familiar
>    with it.

The resultant architecture will be a Big Ball Of Mud.



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