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Re:Python at Netflix by yellow on Monday March 11, 2013 @12:34PM (#5357828)
I'm pushing for more python use at my company as well. It's tough as everyone is drinking the ruby kool-aid.

P.S. I really enjoyed your talk at QCon SF last year!

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Re:Python at Netflix by irahul on Monday March 11, 2013 @01:07PM (#5358071)
> It's tough as everyone is drinking the ruby kool-aid.

Ruby and Python are similar in terms of execution speed and developer productivity. If your work requires something that Python has and Ruby doesn't(say numpy), then it might make sense; otherwise what would you accomplish by switching from Ruby to Python?

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Re:Python at Netflix by jonascopenhagen on Monday March 11, 2013 @02:12PM (#5358581)
what would you accomplish by switching from Ruby to Python?

Simpler syntax?

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Re:Python at Netflix by mixmastamyk on Monday March 11, 2013 @03:01PM (#5358897)
A larger and more varied developer community, resulting in applicability to a wider range of problems.
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