I'm starting a project in data mining, and I'm considering Python and Java as possible platforms.
I'm conserned by performance. Most benchmarks report that Java is about 10-15 times faster than Python, and my own experiments confirms this. I could imagine this to become a problem for very large datasets. How good is the integration with MySQL in Python? What about user interfaces? How easy is it to use Tkinter for developing a user interface without an IDE? And with an IDE? (which IDE?) What if I were to use my Python libraries with a web site written in PHP, Perl or Java - how do I intergrate with Python? I really like Python for a number of reasons, and would like to avoid Java. Sorry - lot of questions here - but I look forward to your replies! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
