> Significant portion of softwares in use at large > software installations > for high-traffic providers such as Google are written > in Python.
So what? Let me get this straight: just because Google does something, XYZ should also do that something? You mean, like "ME TOOs" that I've been writing about? Nice. > It is important to keep in mind that algorithms > generally matter more > than choice of programming language. That is, in my experience only, quite a naive view of the industry and programming. By choosing Python, you (plural) chose a programming language just because "Google does it", and because it's "hip", not because it is the best tool for the job. In fact, you pretty much chose a tool that most people are unfamiliar with, unless they too want to be "hip" and "cool" at all costs. You've basically forced any would-be contributor to go an learn Python, a language they might not need or want for anything else, if they want to fix, revise or otherwise collaborate with you on the project. I look at the choices that were made for IPS, and keep help but keep wondering, WHY? Who makes these decisions? What were they THINKING? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
