Roy Smith wrote:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
I asked for
Magnus Lycka wrote:
In other words, Python has to a significant taken over the role Perl
had.
This seems relevant to that thought (although it's not working right
now): http://suttree.com/2006/09/02/php-is-the-new-classic/
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Magnus Lycka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In other words, Python has to a significant taken over the role Perl
had. Perl once succeeded because it was in the right place at the
right time, but it's failed in the long ruin because it can't handle
the complexity of real
Lots of folks have pointed out large scale Python success stories
ranging from NASA to Google to Amazon. Such companies should make for
good PHB fodder in your argument. Most likely if the product manager is
just a drone you can throw in some other acceptable norm. Since
IronPython and Microsoft's
Roy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
Carl Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
Still don't know whether labeling something as written in Python is
intended to be a badge of honor or advance warning.
:-)
I'm always surprised when people name *applications* with 'Py' in the
name, unless they're squarely aimed at the geek market
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
Unfortunately, if management goes further down the page, they find
Ruby and D (when did that get out) both rated so many up arrows they
had to use shorthand notation to represent 14 arrows...
Yes, there is no doubt Ruby is gaining traction - mostly due to the
Roy Smith enlightened us with:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl
binding for our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python
binding on my own, chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had
a (large) customer enquire about getting access to it.
I asked
Roy Smith schrieb:
Can anybody suggest some good material I can give to him which will help
explain what Python is and why it's a good thing, in a way that a
marketing/product management person will understand?
please also look for the Python success stories
There is also a aviation control
Roy Smith wrote:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
I asked for permission
Roy Smith wrote:
Can anybody suggest some good material I can give to him which will help
explain what Python is and why it's a good thing, in a way that a
marketing/product management person will understand?
As a sometimes marketing droid on my day job (please don't tell
anyone!) I think
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
5. Number of job listings on internet job listing boards.
I just did a quick survey for Perl and Python jobs on some of the big IT
job boards. I came up with:
Site Perl Python
Hotjobs 2756 655
Monster 1000
Roy Smith wrote:
5. Number of job listings on internet job listing boards.
I just did a quick survey for Perl and Python jobs on some of the big IT
job boards. I came up with:
Site Perl Python
Hotjobs 2756 655
Monster 1000 317
Dice 4828
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
I think the use of applications here implies new applications, not
applications
still in use somewhere.
Good point, Fredrik. I do recall that, a few years ago, I graphed the
*growth rate* of new Sourceforge projects written in Python vs. the
same for Perl, and it was a
Roy Smith wrote:
Can anybody suggest some good material I can give to him which will help
explain what Python is and why it's a good thing, in a way that a
marketing/product management person will understand?
You might want to take a look at Chapter 1 of Programming Python (3rd
edition,
Might be handy to point out that the Python version will be easier (and
therefore cheaper) to maintain compared to the Perl version. As someone
said there are numerous success stories at python.org.
You could also point him at :
http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
Although Perl is higher than Python
codefire wrote:
I think Google also gives a pretty big endorsement of Python (as you
wanted the marketing angle).
or, depending on what part of the IT ecosystem you spend most of your
time in, Microsoft (IronPython).
/F
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As a sometimes marketing droid on my day job (please don't tell
anyone!) I think you should point out that, while 5-10 years ago Perl
was more popular and widely used than Python, Python has been growing
at a much higher rate, and by many (most?) measurements, Python
Roy Smith wrote:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
I asked for permission
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
codefire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Might be handy to point out that the Python version will be easier (and
therefore cheaper) to maintain compared to the Perl version. As someone
said there are numerous success stories at python.org.
You could also point him at
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
I asked for permission to distribute the
Roy Smith wrote:
I'm working on a product which for a long time has had a Perl binding for
our remote access API. A while ago, I wrote a Python binding on my own,
chatted it up a bit internally, and recently had a (large) customer enquire
about getting access to it.
I asked for
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