Re: Python versus Other Languages using PostgreSQL

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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