On 9 May 2017 at 06:20, Neil Anderson <neil.t.anderson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9 May 2017 at 05:26, Francisco Olarte <folarte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Paul: >> >> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Paul Hughes <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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? > > Well put. So far I've worked with Flask, Pylons, Rails and ASP.net. > All have an ORM layer (SQLAlchemy, ActiveRecord, EntityFramework) with > support for several database technologies. The framework* is specific > and fixed but can pull data from anywhere. *The language is specific and fixed but the data can come from anywhere. > >> >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Neil Anderson neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.postgrescompare.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
