From: "David S." <dgjs@...>
Date: 2001-05-01T10:15:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14466] Re: who uses Python or Ruby, and for what?

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 09:40:04AM +0900, -11,3-3562,3-3076 wrote:
> A while ago I posted a request for people to share their experiences
> with using Python or Ruby to implement a sizeable software project
> (i.e.  something that would take 10-20K lines of C and Tcl/Tk to
> write).  I only got three responses, which is not what I was hoping
> for...
> 
> So, at the risk of being accused of trolling, let me rephrase the
> question-- is anyone using Python or Ruby for anything substantial and
> product-quality, or are these languages only good for writing quick
> little unsupported hacks?

Ever heard of Zope (http://www.zope.org), the web application server
written in Python?  You'd be doing pretty well if any project you
have in mind is as ambitious and successful as Zope.

David S.

> 
> -Dan
> 
> -- 
> Daniel J. Ellard - ellard2@fas.harvard.edu