Long Live Python!

[James_Althoff at i2.com]

Phil Hunt wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 17:47:50 -0400, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com>
wrote:
>>I tend to think of Python more as an extremely effective and maintainable
>>general-purpose programming language, which happens also to work
>>very well when applied as a "scripting language" (whatever that means).
>
>To me it means "good for short programs <100 lines". Bear in mind
>that 100 lines of Python is equivalent to 300 lines of Java or 400
>lines of C++.

We are shipping a successful product that comprises more than 100,000 lines
of Jython.

What is it about Python that would, in your experience, make it only "good
for short programs <100 lines".

Jim