On Jul 25, 3:55 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff McNeil wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I also find that PHP programmers are usually more > > plentiful than their Python counterparts. When thinking of staffing > > an organization, it's common to target a skill set that's cheaper to > > employ and easier to replace down the road if need be. > > Right, that's why hospitals are replacing their surgeons with butchers. > There are so many more of them available. It's only cutting meat, after all. > Hospitals probably would if they could. Healthcare is extremely regulated. Software development, web or otherwise, is still the wild- west. Besides, I don't think it's quite fair to characterize all PHP developers as "butchers" and Python developers as "surgeons." Python may be superior to PHP, but come on now. Besides, I see about 100X more ads for PHP programmers, than Python programmers. My guess is that there probably are a lot more PHP developers, especially web- developers. > > Also, larger hosting shops are hesitant to run things such as TG and > > Rails that require an additional server process. The name of the game > > is density. Sure, it may be easy to manage and run a TG project, but > > it's a pain to set one up on a shared hosting server. > > Virtualization will solve that problem. > I can get PHP hosting for $10/year. Will I be able to get a virtual host for that? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
