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.
>>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.
On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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:
the "LAMP" or "LAPP" stack: i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL or Postgresql,Most cloud servers come preconfigured with some variation of either
PHP or Python.
something else: a JVM (or Apache-Tomcat vs regular Apache),There needs to be a compelling *application* reason to install
Ruby/Rails, Groovy/Grails, etc.
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx
Paul Hughes
Executive Director
Vivation International
Executive Director
Vivation International
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