Who uses Python?

[Steve Howell]

--- walterbyrd <walterbyrd at iname.com> wrote:
> I am getting the idea that most python "programmers"
> use python more
> like a tool, rather than as their primary
> specialization. In other
> words, python is usually not the primary
> specialization. 

I'm one of the exceptions to this rule.  My primary
work product is Python code.  I'm not using Python
code to solve scientific problems, model data, etc.,
Instead, I'm writing code that will hopefully execute
without failure long after I've written it.

I'm basically writing Python code that moves the data
from here to there much faster than a human could move
the data.

Which isn't to say that I don't also use Python as a
tool.  I do write plenty of throwaway Python programs
where working Python code is not the end goal; it's
the data analysis, getting an invoice out, etc. that
really matters.

Also, I'm lucky enough to specialize in Python now,
but like many of the previous folks that replied to
you, I have backgrounds in other languages.  At my
current job I still spent about 3 to 5 percent of my
time maintaining legacy C/C++ code.




       
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