>>Some new love for Python: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/29/heroku_python_engine_yard_jruby/
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>>"As a language, Python has much in common with Ruby, Heroku's origin language," wrote Wiggins. "But the Python community has its own unique >character. Python has a culture which finds an ideal balance between fast-moving innovation and diligent caution. It emphasizes readability, minimizes >'magic,' treats documentation as a first-class concern, and has a tradition of well-tested, backward-compatible releases in both the core language >and its ecosystem of libraries. It blends approachability for beginners with maintainability for large projects, which has enabled its presence in fields >as diverse as scientific computing, video games, systems automation, and the web."
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>Very well said. +1

While I think python is the one of, if not the best language of the alternate pack,
the above smells to me like [unadultered pure] marketing drivel -
something to say why they add it and gloss over that they had integrated
Ruby, Node, PHP, Java and perhaps others before targeting Python.

perhaps only my friday cynicism...

thomas