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Subject: Re: Python Interest Group From: David Welton <davidw@master.debian.org> Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:47:16 -0500 On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 08:26:40PM -0700, Deac Lancaster wrote: > Deidre, > > I've heard good things about Python. Python's very cool. After having learned Perl and Tcl, and used them, and then learned Python, I have decided that I prefer Python for general use. I still prefer Perl for quick and dirty text weed whacking, and Tcl's C API is really cool (although Python's is nice too, better than Perl's, from what I can see) but Python is just generalized so very nicely - it's pretty good at everything. Of course none of them are as beautiful as Scheme/Lisp/Etc, but they are much more useful for the Real World:-) > Since I won't be able to make the meeting, would you tell > me: > > - Are there some links that describe Python? http://www.python.org is quite helpful. The newsgroup, comp.lang.python, is pretty good too - Guido Van Rossum, the creator of the language, posts there regularly - I have received responses from him myself:-) === Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 15:22:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Deirdre Saoirse <deirdre@deirdre.net> Subject: Re: Python contrast On Wed, 19 May 1999, marcus wrote: > I'm quite interested in looking at python for web programming. I just > went to python.org last week as it happens. > > Can anyone say what the major strengths of python are in comparison to > perl and java? Python is far more readable and maintainable than perl. There are things perl does better (regex manipulation), but not enough to warrant it for general use. I personally find Java like coding in a straight jacket. If you like Java and don't want to give up your favorite java class libraries, you can use jpython which is python implemented entirely in Java -- and you can instantiate Java classes in python. :0 > Btw, how is python on web databases? I've been pointed to PHP with > MySQL as a good solution for databases so far. Nissan uses python and javascript as a background to Oracle and Informix. Python basically talks to any ODBC or (when implemented as JPython) JDBC compliant database but there are also custom hooks for some databases. _Deirdre * http://www.linuxcabal.org * http://www.deirdre.net ===