Using Python for processing of large datasets (convincing managment)

[Thomas Jensen]

Anders Dahlberg wrote:

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> Considering it's compiling down to java-bytecode which are then run with a
> java-vm - It should scale as well as any java solution (or atleast ~90%).
> Links could be:
> 
> http://java.sun.com ;)
> http://www.bea.com/products/weblogic/jrockit/index.shtml - very good server
> vm. (optimised for intel)

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> disclaimer: This is just what I believe - if you want to base your case on
> this I believe you should contact other companies using java with
> multiple-cpus!

I am quite certain that scaling (well) to multiple CPU requires one to 
use threading at least. Scaling to several physical machines might be 
(relativly) easy with Java, but imagine it must require some coding, or?

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