In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Brad Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 10:22 AM -0500 5/18/07, Jeff Rush wrote:
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>>3) What is the value of the language to developers?
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>> Yeah, a very common, slippery question. Toss me some good
>> explanations of why -you- value Python. Readable, free,
>> cross-platform, powerful. What else? I'll synthesize
>> something out of everyone's answers.
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>Learn once, use everywhere: web apps, GUI apps, command line scripts,
>systems integration glue, wrapping libraries from other languages,
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>Wide range of scale: from quick and dirty tasks to large complex systems.
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>Wide range of skill: accessible to beginners, but supports advanced
>concepts experienced developers require.
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>Practical syntax which emphasizes elegance and clarity through minimalism
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>Dynamic language features allow high level and flexible design approach,
>boosting productivity.
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>Robustness - bugs in Python itself are rare due to maturity from long
>widespread use.
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>No IDE required: you go far with simple text editors, but good IDEs are
>available.
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>Good community support due to widespread use and open source nature.
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>Great as glue language, due to flexible options for calling external binary
>apps
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>Mature ecosystem of libraries, both cross platform and platform native,
>and good options for accessing libraries in other languages.
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>Professional opportunities: Python is in production use in a lot of companies,
>who realize it costs less than static languages and is more generally useful
>than PHP or Ruby. The only real competitor is Perl, which can be difficult
>to manage due to readability problems.
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Also important: correct Unicode handling.
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