Hi Craig,

Python is also in my mind a scripting language,
but with esay hooks / API's into the language it is implemented in -
in the CPython case the tight it can call out to C-routines easily
and is embeddable. For CPython there are several toolkits and Cython,
a Python-alike language with the ability to define variable types
in function/methohd code and parameter types in function define lines.

This gives it a boost in speed as a few of the time-consuming aspects of
python are better handled (from a statically typed perspective).
Jython and Ironpython each have the ability to directly use objects of
the lower level language they are implemented in.

Why do you think Ruby is not a scripting language
or better for enterprise-level LOB applications ?

somewhat baffled

thomas

>I see Python better suited for scripting, not for enterprise-level LOB applications.
>
>>I guessed that you dont see Python on a level with java or C# -
>>but I don't see Ruby as having more ooohmpf in that area.
>>
>>RoR is IMHO a package built on convention over config plus activerecord -
>>but that should duke it out with other web fwks like django, joomla, zope.