Is Python suitable for a huge, enterprise size app?

2005-05-18 Thread john67
The company I work for is about to embark on developing a commercial application that will cost us tens-of-millions to develop. When all is said and done it will have thousands of business objects/classes, some of which will have hundreds-of-thousands of instances stored in a DB. Our clients will

Re: Is Python suitable for a huge, enterprise size app?

2005-05-18 Thread john67
Would the allocation/deallocation memory usage issue be different than it would be with Java? Both Python and Java have automatic garbage collection, correct? Is Python's not as effective as Java's? I think the memory issues for the two languages would be similar in this area, but maybe I am wro

Re: Is Python suitable for a huge, enterprise size app?

2005-05-18 Thread john67
LOL! That is really funny, in a dark humor kind of way. I don't want the project to fail either. I am not convinced that we will succeed if we go the Java route. However, I am just a grunt in the chain and not in a position to make the decision. I hope I can have some influence on the decision

Problem accessing Python Business Forum

2005-05-26 Thread john67
Every time I attempt to look at the Python Business Forum (www.python-in-business.org), I encounter an error that starts like this: Site Error An error was encountered while publishing this resource. KeyError Sorry, a site error occurred. Traceback (innermost last): Module ZPublisher.Pu