Paul Rubin schrieb: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I can't speak authoritatively for either PHP or J2SE, but I suspect the >> latter at least has some signifiant monetary support (if not outright gobs >> of human resources) from Sun. PHP seems to have a more limited application >> domain (web apps) from which it has expanded a bit. Can I build a PHP site >> out of the box with a PostgreSQL or Oracle backend? > > I believe so, from having looked at the docs a while back, but I > haven't tried it.
The docs cover all the available drivers, as they are hard-coded in the source. Yet you need to specify inclusion of them at compile-time, and as I said: some distros don't ship with non-OS-drivers. >> Does J2SE have something comparable to Numpy or scipy? > > I don't think so, but Python doesn't either. > >> While might do the occasional bit of Python hacking for free, I still need >> to put food on the table. My employer doesn't care if MySQLdb (to use one >> of your examples) is delivered with Python or not. They aren't likely to >> want to support me to solve your problems. > > The same could be said of Tkinter (a large and complex library module) > or IDLE (a full blown mid-sized application shipped with Python). The > answer is the same for both: if you don't need to use a given module, > then don't. Why would I expect your employer to solve my problems > anyway, even if they relate to some module that you actually use? As far as I can tell, primary concerns for inclusion of modules are twofold: - dependencies, which certainly are an issue for DB-modules! Or do you want every python build to need the oracle OCI drivers installed? Plus headers? - maintainer commitment. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
