Python in the enterprise: Pros and cons

[Martijn Faassen]

Paul Rubin <phr-n2002b at nospamnightsong.com> wrote:
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> Python is ready for some applications and getting there for others.
> It has a lot of virtues and to be clear about it, I like Python better
> than Java for most purposes.  However, Python's advocates often don't
> acknowledge that there are still areas where Python genuinely does
> fall behind.  We need to stay aware of Python's shortcomings so we can
> acknowledge them and/or fix them.

I think that this is a very good point to make. I thought the 
article to be a pretty fair assessment overall (though one can quibble over
some points), and it certainly wasn't negative about Python.

Python has a lot of good stuff going for it, but it's not perfect 
either.

Quibble: I've been using ODBC in PythonWin since '98 and
it's quite free. ;) I'm sure it's limited but sufficient for the little
things I do with it.

Regards,

Martijn
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