Go - a son of C++ and python .. ?? to me it looked like verbose C .. first impression..not good. I mean it's ok..but not to the level of Google. We expect better from mythical Google engineers.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Ramdas S <ram...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Darkseid <lorddae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> I found out yesterday that the application has to be developed on a > >> proven > >> technology like Java,C++ or C#. When I spoke to the gentleman he said > his > >> consultant said that dynamically typed languages are not safe for > mission > >> critical work. The work is far from being mission-critical is another > >> point > >> altogether..... > >> > > I do hope you snidely pointed out to him that half of Google runs on > > Python? :D > > > > That's been the original pitch since some time. These days there are > creative lies also around some other companies > which may have couple of teams working on Python, and I sometimes paint a > picture that half the world runs on Python. > > > Problem is actually consultants are somehow trusted more, than a peddler of > services from a small IT shop. And since consultants also bill as a percent > of the project costs, they want to ensure that stuff that'll take more > hours > to write, more hours to maintain, and almost always ends up in extended > budget costs get sold... > > Well that's sad state of affairs.... > > > Best, > > Sidu. > > http://blog.sidu.in > > http://twitter.com/ponnappa > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > > > -- > Ramdas S > +91 9342 583 065 > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
