[Tutor] Python at my work

[Kent Johnson]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:46 PM,  <skrabbit at comcast.net> wrote:

> What I need to do is show that Python is a good tool and it should be
> in our toolbox. The other language that would be used instead of
> Python is Perl. Perl is currently used more in our dept. I can't say
> I'm a big fan of Perl, but I'll use if I have to. I'd prefer to use
> Python.

So would Eric Raymond; here's why:
http://www.python.org/about/success/esr/

> Here's some of the reason's I think we should still use Python, and
> maybe I could get some other reasons from you guys. Note: We primarily
> use Perl and Python for web application development, but it also used
> on servers too.
>
> Anything else?

Lots of good choices for web app development in Python - Django, Pylons, etc.

Kent