On 30 Dec 2004 08:58:36 -0800, "Sridhar R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What makes such companies to choose Java over dynamic, productive > languages like Python? Are there any viable, technical reasons for > that?
Decisions are made by men in suits who read very expensive business magazines, read "technical reports" by the like of Gartner and Forester and get taken on expenses-paid trips by company sales reps. My boss has never had his lunch paid for by a man selling Python... Think about the PHB in Dilbert, if some guy in a sharp suit from a big supplier says use Java, while Dilbert and the others say Python what will he pick? There are some valid technical reasons to do with performance and security too, but frankly, they come a long way down the list... Alan G. Author of the Learn to Program website http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
