python vs d

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, 2014-04-28 at 09:27 +0000, John Colvin via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> As with all these things, YMMV; there are many large, successful 
> Python projects.

I think this is a crucially important thing to remember: YMMV.

This is not a black and white, D or Python. Different organization and
projects will have different metrics for choice, meaning that Python, D,
Go, C++, Java, Groovy, etc. all have valuable roles in the world. Choice
of programming language is about making the least worst choice in a
given context.

The fact that I am rewriting a Python + GTK project in D + GtkD does not
mean I now no longer use Python, it is that the context has changed,
making a change of language appropriate.

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Russel.
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