> ....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? If you write the developers a nice tweet or e-mail they might tell you. Anything else is going to be speculation because there are a plethora of domain, human and environmental factors which could lead to language and architecture choices, not least of which is skills available in the labour market. Peter 3XE P: 01326 567155 M: 07770 693662 A: 3XE Ltd Tremough Innovation Centre PENRYN TR10 9TA 3XE Ltd · Registered in England and Wales · 9356871 On 9 May 2017 at 14:45, D'Arcy Cain <darcy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2017-05-09 05:26 AM, Francisco Olarte wrote: >> >> 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? > > > Perhaps it has something to do with the license. Both Python and PostgreSQL > have a BSD type licence. I wonder if the platform of choice tends to be one > of the BSDs as well. > > -- > D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@xxxxxxxxx> | Democracy is three wolves > http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on > +1 416 788 2246 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. > IM: darcy@xxxxxxx, VoIP: sip:darcy@xxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
