Python Experts - Why They Do Python
Matthew: """Python syntax encourages programmers to write
easy-to-read programs . [...] A
well-written python program reads like a book. """
The homogenization of scientific computing, or why Python is steadily eating other languages’ lunch
Tad: """A few years ago, you couldn’t really do statistics in Python unless you wanted to spend most of your time pulling your hair out and wishing Python were more like R (which, is a pretty remarkable confession considering what R is like)."""
Paypal engineering:
10 myths of enterprise python:
Myth #7: Python does not scale
"""Scale has many definitions, but by any definition, YouTube is a web site at scale.
More than 1 billion unique visitors per month, over 100 hours of
uploaded video per minute, and going on 20 pecent of peak Internet
bandwidth, all with Python as a core technology. Dropbox, Disqus, Eventbrite, Reddit, Twilio, Instagram, Yelp, EVE Online, Second Life, and, yes, eBay and PayPal all have Python scaling stories that prove scale is more than just possible: it’s a pattern."""
Astronomers switch from IDL to Python. IDL is a vector oriented programming language. A
wiki version of the IDL vs Python comparison, comment from the blog
IDL vs. Python:
"Lately I’ve gotten increasingly frustrated with programming in IDL: [...] I
find myself spending more and more time on “stupid stuff” like wrestling
with the ancient and limited plotting system, building very ugly GUIs
which nonetheless take vast amounts of cumbersome code to build, and
dealing with namespace conflicts between routines with identical names
in different libraries. Python is not perfect, but it’s a heck of a lot
better than IDL in all of these aspects. Like I said, I’m only halfway
switched (and certain collaborations are going to keep me in IDL for
years, as will all my legacy code) but for new stuff Python seems like
it’s got the wind behind its sails."
Interesting modules
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