Encouraging Python adoption in your organization

[Neil Benn]

Daniel Dittmar wrote:

> John Hunter wrote:
>
>> Read "Hackers and Painters" by Paul Graham, and then give copies to
>> your developers.  He writes compellingly about the benefits of using
>> python (or lisp) is a competitive environment.
>
>
> On the other hand, Paul Graham paints Java programmers as dimwits. So 
> quoting him is likely to start a flamewar. This is perhaps not the 
> best choice from a diplomatic point of view.
>
> Daniel

Hello,

          Exactly a much more objective analysis would be required.  
Point out the pluses and minuses of _both_ languages - that way you will 
get constructive debate, for example your company may say this - J2EE 
defines a common interface for enterprise systems - makes things very 
portable between implementations : +1 Java vs. Java requires every 
method of an interface to be defined, even if you are not using them : 
-1 Java. 

    If you try and say that the simple adoption of python will solve all 
your problems then you are setting yourself up for a fall.  Anticipate 
the questions and if you think that python falls short of 
Java/C#/<insert your favorite language here> - then say so - the people 
who are anti your solutions will then be more willing to accept the 
short falls of their solution in return.

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Benn
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