<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Marc Tompkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.tompkins@gmail.com">marc.tompkins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I love, love, love me some Python - it fits the way I think better than
any other language I've used - but there is one consideration that
occurs to me: Python is nearly ubiquitous on Linux/Mac, and easy to download and install on Windows - but most bargain-basement Web hosts don't support it (I'm looking at YOU, GoDaddy.)<br><br>If you're using a premium hosting company ("premium" doesn't necessarily mean "extremely expensive", but you do need to compare hosting plans), or if you plan on hosting your site yourself, then I would absolutely recommend Python (with or without Django or what-have-you) for Web development... but if you plan on using GoDaddy, stick with PHP.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I sent that too fast: I should clarify. From your mention of CakePHP, Zend, and ASP.Net I assume you're mainly interested in Web development. <br><br>For desktop development, embedded scripting, or almost any situation where you can install your own software - I recommend Python wholeheartedly. I jumped into it a few years ago when I had a legacy flat-file database I needed to write reports against, and no native tools to do it with. I had my first report written within four or five hours of downloading Python, and I've been hooked ever since.<br clear="all">
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