Is Python appropriate for web applications?

[Unknown User]

Thank you very much.


On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:47:14 -0300, Peter Maas <peter at somewhere.com> wrote:

> Unknown User schrieb:
>> I am a Python programmer and I'm thinking about learning PHP, which is
>> similar to C++
>
> wrong
>
>> (quite  different from Python).
>
> true
>
>> I want to start writing web applications. Do  you  think if I learn
>  > PHP I'll develop faster?
>
> Nobody but you can anawer this question. You'll have to try.
>
> Does PHP have more features?
>
> PHP has a rich library which probably outperforms any Python alternative
> in terms of features. But this doesn't necessarily mean that you will
> develop faster in PHP. The problem with Python is that you have to make
> a choice among many solutions (roughly ordered by inreasing complexity):
>
> - plain cgi
> - Quixote
> - modpython
> - CherryPy
> - Spice
> - Webware
> - Twisted
> - ZOPE
> ...
>
> Have a look at http://www.python.org/topics/web/
>
>> How about the speed  of execution?
>
> There is no simple answer. Both languages use C functions which are
> executed at CPU speed. But with interpreted code Python seems to be
> approximately 3-4 times faster than PHP (http://dada.perl.it/shootout/).
>
>> What are the pros and cons?
>
> http://www.allsites.com/Top.Computers.Programming.Languages.Comparison_and_Review.html
>



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