Need a compelling argument to use Django instead of Rails

[Ray]

Ben Sizer wrote:
> Roman Susi wrote:
> > Ben Sizer wrote:
> > > The problem is that Python is the 2nd best language for everything. ;)
> >
> > Is it a bad thing?
>
> I don't know. I suppose that depends on how you define 'bad'! For me,
> it is often inconvenient, because I'd prefer to use Python but
> generally find that I have to choose something else if I want to do the
> best possible for any particular project.

Exactly. It's bad because Python is the language you'd love to use at
work but can't :) Don't tell me to look for a job in a Python shop,
there's none. OTOH, there IS at least one RoR shop that I know of and
they're doing pretty well!

> In my case, multimedia and game support is patchy, and web development
> support is still oriented towards the Java/enterprise user - if CGI
> doesn't suffice, that is. In the original poster's case, it's seemingly
> because specific database support seems to be lacking. Improving the
> libraries in these areas would hopefully increase the diversity of
> Python's potential applications rather than diminish it.

Yep, (support in Django, specifically, not Python).

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> Ben Sizer