Re: Python versus Other Languages using PostgreSQL

From: Francisco Olarte <folarte(at)peoplecall(dot)com>
To: Paul Hughes <paul(at)vivation(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Python versus Other Languages using PostgreSQL
Date: 2017-05-09 09:26:05
Message-ID: CA+bJJbx_F-JT_fQ8AcrUhhHs2-wxLz4QhAL7bEnMH7RiL9mV_Q@mail.gmail.com
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Paul:

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Paul Hughes <paul(at)vivation(dot)com> wrote:
> ....My question still remains though - why is it that all the largest web platforms that have used PostgreSQL *specifically* choose Python as their back-end language?

Do you have any data supporting that? AFAIK people tend to choose the
language first, database second, not the other way round, and many
times the platform language is nailed, but the db can be changed.
Also, WHICH platforms are you referring to?

> Why are Postgres and Python so married, in the same way that Node.js is largely married to MondogDB?

I do not think either of these is true.

Francisco Olarte.

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