08.16.04
Python Paradox
I like the sound of that.. Well its not really much of a paradox.. While python is not a language pressed by the education system, it does have its home in the land of scripting, the web, and unix. And it does have a more theoretical basis… lambda! I use python a decent amount. However, for me its a struggle between python and php (with the stabilization of php-cgi). Because the Python db 2.0 APIs are too Java-ish, i prefer php for all my more complex tasks. php has the ability to get results in associative arrays, uses ” for empty string and null. I can deal with ‘None’ popping up everywhere, but I gotta have associative arrays. I just cant see myself doing row[ 23 ] and being correct. I stand corrected!! ADOdb for python! Here is the full article.