Python Web Programming - looking for examples of solid high-traffic sites
Josiah Carlson
josiah.carlson at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 18 20:48:42 EDT 2007
John Nagle wrote:
> Many of the basic libraries for web related functions do have
> problems. Even standard modules like "urllib" and "SSL" are buggy,
> and have been for years. Outside the standard modules, it gets
> worse, especially for ones with C components. Version incompatibility
> for extensions is a serious problem. That's reality.
>
> It's a good language, but the library situation is poor. Python as
> a language is better than Perl, but CPAN is better run than Cheese Shop.
You know, submitting bug reports, patches, etc., can help make Python
better. And with setuptools' easy_setup, getting modules and packages
installed from the Cheese Shop is pretty painless.
- Josiah
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