Alan Gauld wrote: > Absolutely. I totally agree that moving an organization to Python > or similar modern language is a sensible move for many applications. > Only where very high performance or scaleability are required would > Python (or similar) be inappropriate and even in the largest > organisations that is a minority case. And of course web services > provide a glue that any language can utilise to remove most > issues of integration between apps in different languages > (which used to be a very valid concern). > > My only dispute is the wisdom of introducing foreign code > into an existing app. Andreas has already said in fact the > new languages are already supported so that makes the > scenario valid also. >
Well, I guess it's about what you think a programmer is. I think if you are a "true" programmer you'll be good in ANY language (though you may have your preferences) and you'll be able to do 80% of your work in any language (and learn 80% of any language in a short time). So there would not really be such a problem with "foreign code", the only issues I foresee are establishing proper "coding rules" for the company, that might take some time and produce some flaky code. As for integration between apps, if the languages are python and C/C++ it seems not to be a problem (never done it), there is : http://www.python.org/doc/ext/intro.html Ricardo _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor