Re: Python versus Other Languages using PostgreSQL

On 05/10/2017 12:46 PM, Paul Hughes wrote:
> Adrian Klaver Wrote:
>
>>>Many on this list(myself included) will want to know how you came to that conclusion and I am speaking as someone who uses Python, Django and Postgres.
>
> I came to that conclusion when I saw a list of the top 15 websites
> (based on traffic). On that list, *all* of the sites that used
> PostgreSQL as their primary data store, also used Python as their
> primary back-end language. Those three sites are/were Yahoo, Instagram
> and Uber. 3 out of 3 is a pretty high statistical correlation when

What list was that?

I ask because:

1) Uber
Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL
https://eng.uber.com/mysql-migration/

2)Yahoo
AFAIK Yahoo uses just the Postgresql SQL parser over their own database.
Also Yahoo makes extensive use of JavaScript and other technologies
beside Python.

3) Instagram
Probably still Python/Postgres based though now they are part of
Facebook it will be interesting to see if that changes.

> you're only talking about a sample of 15. Given that, my saying, "I
> noticed that most of the largest web platforms that use PostgreSQL as
> their primary database, also use Python as their primary back-end
> language.", was a fair observation. An observation is just that (one
> blind man feeling an elephant). Saying "I noticed that" is a *very*
> different thing than making an assertion.
>
>

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