On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The project management thread highlighted this issue of "if it's not in > Python, I don't want to use it". > > Assuming that most of the people here are mostly python enthusiasts or > learners, I'm wondering when you would *not* use Python. Let's not > conflate this with Open Source/Closed Source etc. > > I'm just interested in situations where you'd stay away from something > *just* because it isn't in Python. The only reason I'd stay away from > something like this is if I needed to work on it's code and it was in a > language that I wasn't familiar with and didn't have the time to learn. > > Also, there are plently of situations where I'd jump to a language other > than Python at the outset (e.g. for log file parsing, Perl still wins > for me). > Maybe for "rough" n "dirty" use-once-and-throw parsers, but if you want to write reusable parser classes, Python can do an amazing job at it. You should be pretty good at using the "re" module and if possible have experience writing custom parsers and preferably burnt your fingers trying to understand the "HTMLParser" module :) I spent like 2 months in HP developing a log file "reverse" parser application for finding out software install times from the log files. All code in Python. I guess (and hope) they still use it there :) > > Comments? > > > -- > ~noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- --Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
