Python's popularity

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Steve Holden a écrit :
> walterbyrd wrote:
> [...]>> Fooled by version numbers ?
>> No, but I am giving django the benefit of the doubt. The django
>> project told people all along that django was not to be considered
>> production ready before 1.0. I will accept that some people decided to
>> wait until 1.0 came out to do any production development. Maybe django
>> is only lagging because 1.0 just came out?
>>
> The Django people said no such thing. They maintained the trunk as
> stable - they test so well that many people did indeed rely on the trunk
> for production systems.

Indeed - my first Django app has been in production for more than 3 
years now.

(snip)


>>> My actual CTO is a big Ruby/Rails fan, yet he settled on Python/Django
>>> for our current 'big' project. Wonder why ?
>> Not knowing much about RoR: yes, I wonder why? Is it because python
>> has a cleaner syntax? Or what?
> 
> It's because he decided that Django was the best tool for the particular
> job, making him unusually open-minded for a member of the pointy-haired
> species.

Being a CTO doesn't necessarily makes you pointy-haired !-) We're a 
small shop (12 peoples), and the guy is a developper too (and yes, an 
active one).

> Unlike some on this list he doesn't let his prejudices blind
> him to reality.

Yes - that was the point.