what kind of work do you do

[G. David Kuhlman]

sp00fD (sp00fD at yahoo.com) wrote:
> I was just wondering, of the people here that use Python at work, what
> kind of programming are you doing and what company?
> 


We develop a Web server add-on in C++.  We've embedded the Python
interpreter in our product.  Now, you can add Python scripts to
objects in a Web page and the scripts will influence the way in
which the Web pages are generated.

What was important in our choice of Python as our scripting
language -- Python:

1. Is easy to learn.

2. Is object-oriented -- We pass each script an object (in the page);
the script can get and set properties of that object.

3. Has good connections to lots of stuff: SMTP/email, databases,
COM, ODBC, CORBA, etc.

4. Is standardized and stable.

5. Is OpenSource.

6. Is embeddable in a multi-threaded application.  And, there was
documentation on how to embed it.  Also, thanks for help to members
of this news group.

Python adds lots of power to our system.  A big gain for us.

  - Dave