Java and Python

[Michael Chermside]

Jan Dries writes:
>> May I ask you what the scale for your webapp was? (Because MySQL is 
>> related to small to mid-size web applications). Is it the same case with 
>> Python?
> 
> FWIW, a recent benchmark test in Eweek showed MySQL to be comparable to 
> Oracle 9i with respect to both performance and scalability.
> See http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=708&a=23115,00.asp

And please not that this benchmark used MySQL in *transaction* mode, 
same as Oracle. When used without transactions it's even faster. I must 
say, I was quite surprised... I thought Oracle was further ahead.

-- Michael Chermside