UNIX admin wrote:
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.
No, I just mentioned it as a point that an organisation that cares about
performance and reliability found it a suitable choice. The viability
and growth of a tool's community is important when considering choice of
development tools and language.
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.
That isn't the reason it was chosen, you're reading between the lines
where there is nothing to be read.
WHY?
Who makes these decisions? What were they THINKING?
Welcome to a meritocracy. Those that do the work get to make the
decisions as they've earned the right to do so.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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