Python for RAD (was: [Tutor] Re: q about method(self))

[Ashish Shrestha]

we use jython to "prototype" our java apps. actually we start writing 
the apps in jython and then look at the parts that need to be 
"optimised" and move that part to java.

when you actually write and test it the portion we need to move to java 
is like 5 to 10 percent.

we once wrote an xmlrpc client server in jython using the xmlrpc library 
from pythonware. just for measuring performance we rewrote the jython 
app to use the apache xmlrpc library in java (not as compact and easy as 
in pure python). sure there were quite a difference.

server   client   timing in milliseconds
python   python   22362
java     python   5837
python   java     3209
java     java     681

java = apache xmlrpc library
python = pythonware xmlrpc library

well looks quite an improvement.

guess what! we didn't really bother to move the one that we had deployed 
at the client's system to java. it was good enough for them.

frankly, we prototype in jython and then it is usually good enough to be 
deployed.

ashish shrestha
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