Python for search engine development

[gene tani]

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/6e6dc84e68e25039/1436d0b3466e262a?q=lucene&rnum=1#1436d0b3466e262a

Mike Meyer wrote:
> "corebump" <m.yalcin at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > hi everybody,
> > i planinng develop a search engine and i think using the python. Python
> > performance is enough this project?
>
> If you're going to do the heavy lifting in Python, maybe. It depends
> on what you're going to search, and the performance requirements for a
> search.
>
> On the other hand, if you use a Python wrapper around a full-text
> search facility, so that python finds documents, takes queries and
> formats results for the user, it should be just fine.
>
>         <mike
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