Re: Python versus Other Languages using PostgreSQL

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 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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On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 05/09/2017 01:00 PM, Paul Hughes wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions. I've been out
>> of the programming world for a long time, so I am back to being a newbie. I
>> was told this is the place for newcomers to ask questions. I apologize if
>> my questions did not contain the necessary sophistication or nuance for
>> some to answer.
>>
>
> It has more to do with making unsubstantiated assertions, namely:
>
> "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.
> ..."
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>> George, your answer makes the most sense. Thank you! You said:
>>
>> Most cloud servers come preconfigured with some variation of either
>>>>
>>> the "LAMP" or "LAPP" stack: i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL or Postgresql,
>> PHP or Python.
>>
>> There needs to be a compelling *application* reason to install
>>>>
>>> something else: a JVM (or Apache-Tomcat vs regular Apache),
>> Ruby/Rails, Groovy/Grails, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>

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