Need a compelling argument to use Django instead of Rails

[aaronwmail-usenet at yahoo.com]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> I didn't realize you could do shared hosting with mod_python, because
> of the lack of security barriers between Python objects (i.e. someone
> else's application could reach into yours).  You really need a
> separate interpreter per user.  A typical shared hosting place might
> support 1000's of users with ONE apache/php instance (running in a
> whole bunch of threads or processes, to be sure).

You just need to run multiple apache
instances, which is advisable anyway.
The hosting service formerly known as
python-hosting has been doing this
for years.  For example my http://www.xfeedme.com
site uses it (which seems to be down at the moment!
oh no! :( ).
   -- Aaron Watters

ps: little known fact: mod_python descends
from an NSAPI plugin implementation
I wrote as an example of embedding python in
the defunct "Internet Programming
with Python" book.  Books die, but software lives on.

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