Newbie needs to see a large project

[Peter Hansen]

Rudy Schockaert wrote:
> 
> Quote from the www.python.org homepage:
> 
> "Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and
> remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google
> engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in
> this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google,
> Inc."
> 
> Google may not be a large business app, it surely is a huge database,
> and the performance of Google is excellent. It's a pity they don't
> mention what they use Python for.

This has been discussed in the past, I believe, so check the archives
for more.  Basically (from memory only), Python is involved in the indexing
but *none* of the web stuff with which the user directly interacts.  The
"excellent" performance comes apparently from nice C code, nothing more.

-Peter