[Tutor] Why NOT to Use Python?

[Lloyd Kvam]

Some CONS:

No CPAN
performance issues (see http://www.norvig.com/Lisp-retro.html )
no one gets rich selling Python so it doesn't get much marketing support


Python is still my default language choice.  Programming is once again FUN!

Dan Shafer wrote:

> I'm working on a Python article for CNET. They want me to provide pros 
> and cons for choosing Python in creating a Web-based enterprise-type 
> application where enterprise is defined as meaning lots of simultaneous 
> users.
> 
> Pros I got. Cons I don't got.
> 
> Any thoughts either way?
> 
> Comparing to Java and C# and .NET strategies is probably the order of 
> the day, although I'm open to ideas that don't fit that box.
> 
> 
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