Python use growing or shrinking

[Chris Keyes]

Python is used all over the place

Redhat use a lot of python (tools like printconf), I'm sure other guys do.

Zope is almost all python,

There are several other apps written in python that are fairly 
mainstream, mailman etc...

I'm sure IBM do use Python, their guys write articles about it

I'm sure I've seen that NASA use Python (anyone?)

IBM will never use Python for everything... There are always times when 
another language will be better suited. Some more commercial backing 
would be nice I guess, to 'spread the word'.

Looking at somewhere like amazon.com you can see there are many more 
Python books than there were a few years ago. Thats a good sign, as are 
the number of people developing for python developers (see the IDE thread).

I tried going back to VB having worked with Python for a short while, 
and it sucked. The only thing I like about VB is the integration of the 
GUI with the code. I've never really figured out how to do that with Python.

Python isn't yet a major buzzword, but its good at what it does and it 
has a loyal and growing following. Millions may try C#, that just means 
there will be 1,000,000s of C# programmers around, all looking for work 
etc... Of course you could believe this report, much like the ones 
saying that windows would wipe out linux....



Brandon Van Every wrote:
> Alan James Salmoni wrote:
> 
>>It is also possible that the way in which a language operates is an
>>important factor: With Python, there is little need for third party
>>vendors as it comes with so much in the basic installation, and its
>>ease of learning reduces the need for courses.
> 
> 
> I'm not buying that argument.  Python clearly doesn't have as much mindshare
> as Java or C#.  There's a very simple reason for that: Java has the
> marketing power of Sun behind it, C# has the marketing power of Microsoft
> behind it.  Who's championing Python?  Python is just part of the balkanized
> freeware language landscape.  Until a giant corporation gets behind it, it
> can only grow by grassroots.
> 
> Suggestion: convince IBM that it wants to use Python for everything.
> 
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