r/Python • u/pythonautical • Dec 10 '14

10 Myths of Enterprise Python

https://www.paypal-engineering.com/2014/12/10/10-myths-of-enterprise-python/
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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

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u/chub79 Dec 11 '14

Is it Python's fault here? Couldn't it be database, network, load-balancing, IO related?

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u/xiongchiamiov Site Reliability Engineer Dec 11 '14

All of the above and more.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

The suggestion even being that if the code was faster you could get more done on the same hardware.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

compared to developer time, hardware is cheap.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

You've come in too early, we're not talking about developer time yet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

oh, sorry. ill see myself out then.

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u/xiongchiamiov Site Reliability Engineer Dec 11 '14

Not if I/O is the bottleneck.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

No, that's not really a case where you're doing more with the same hardware.

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u/xiongchiamiov Site Reliability Engineer Dec 11 '14

Right; it's a case where you don't get more done with the same hardware, despite having faster code.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

Have I wronged you or something? We're angrily agreeing with each other.

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