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<DIV> "Ryan Davis" <A
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Courier size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><FONT
face=Courier size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">My
background is mostly C#, so I'm used to the ridiculous rigidity of
strongly-typed languages. I have been using python for helper apps for a few
months now, so am pretty familiar with the syntax now, but I don't know any of
the patterns yet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My nefarious
goal is to supplant C#/ASP.NET with Python, but I need to figure out how to
make programs clients want to pay for before I can make any reasonable
argument.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">without trying to make this one of
those classic threads of great, do you feel you could develop fairly complex
applications faster in Python than in C#/ASP.NET? It's a rhetorical
question (but I'm interested in your answer as a single data
point)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier">Speed to market and hours/dollars
of programming might resonate with some of your
customers.</SPAN></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>