taking python enterprise level?...

[simn_stv]

On Feb 25, 12:21 pm, "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hell... at dcuktec.org>
wrote:
> On 02/25/10 10:26, simn_stv wrote:
> <cut>> what i am concerned about is scalability and
> > efficiency, well, as far as the 'core' is concerned.
>
> > would python be able to manage giving me a solid 'core' and will i be
> > able to use python provide any API i would like to implement?...
>
> <cut>
> Python isn't the most efficient language, the assembler provided by the
> maker of your CPU probably is the best you can get,
<cut>
LOL...;), yeah right, the mere thought of writing assembler
instructions is SCARY!!

>everything after
> that is a trade-off between performance and flexibility (flexible in the
> most flexible sense of the word :-)).
>
> That being said, for me, Python (well actually any turing complete
> programming language), is more like a box of lego with infinite amount
> of pieces.
> Scalability and API issues are the same as the shape and function of the
> model your making with lego.
>
> Sure some type of pieces might be more suited than other types but since
> you can simulate any type of piece with the ones that are already
> present, you are more limited by your imagination than by the language.
>
> So in short, I don't see any serious problems using Python, I have used
> it in Enterprise environments without any problems but than again I was
> aware not to use it for numerical intensive parts without the use of 3rd
> party libraries like numpy. Which for me resulted in not doing the
> compression of a database delta's in pure python but to offload that to
> a more suitable external program, still controlled from Python though.
>
> --
> mph