Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java)

[Peter Cacioppi]

Steven said -
"In a very real sense, Python is "just" a convenience wrapper around a
bunch of C functions to provide OOP idioms, garbage collection, dynamic
typing, runtime introspection, exceptions, and similar. "


I can't really disagree with you in a factual sense, but somehow it doesn't really convey the right flavor.

The success or failure of a project (or an entire company) can rest on the correct choice of programming language. Whether you failed because you were pursuing an impossible task or merely a very, very, very hard one is sort of semantics, and cold comfort to the those affected.

Maybe I'm biased because I'm walking away from a six figure job coding Java and C for a large company to write Python for a tiny non-profit.