Who uses Python?

[tleeuwenburg at gmail.com]

On Jun 6, 12:07 pm, Steve Howell <showel... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- walterbyrd <walterb... at iname.com> wrote:
> > I am getting the idea that most python "programmers"
> > use python more
> > like a tool, rather than as their primary
> > specialization. In other
> > words, python is usually not the primary
> > specialization.
>
> I'm one of the exceptions to this rule.  My primary
> work product is Python code.  I'm not using Python
> code to solve scientific problems, model data, etc.,
> Instead, I'm writing code that will hopefully execute
> without failure long after I've written it.
>
> I'm basically writing Python code that moves the data
> from here to there much faster than a human could move
> the data.
>
> Which isn't to say that I don't also use Python as a
> tool.  I do write plenty of throwaway Python programs
> where working Python code is not the end goal; it's
> the data analysis, getting an invoice out, etc. that
> really matters.
>
> Also, I'm lucky enough to specialize in Python now,
> but like many of the previous folks that replied to
> you, I have backgrounds in other languages.  At my
> current job I still spent about 3 to 5 percent of my
> time maintaining legacy C/C++ code.
>
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I know loads of people doing Real Software Development, myself
included, who work primarily with Python on a professional basis.
(loads means > 10 here) In fact, most programmers I know personally
use Python.

I am lucky enough to work exclusively in Python.

Cheers,
-T