"I would classify us as a "very good company" and we use python for our scripting needs though our major work is in C/C++. Does that make you feel a bit better? :-)"

Which company is this anyway? What is your product?

Tally (www.tallysolutions.com)

Interesting, I thought Tally was written in C (C++? I knew someone who worked on Tally long ago . I have the impression it was primarily C or C++ ). You did say scripting - Do you use much Python? What's the ratio of Python to C++/C?

Tally is entirely written in C/C++/assembly + TDL (which is a DSL).

However, to manage development, we have our own in-house SCM tool (which uses SVN as a backend). This tool is written entirely in python. Additionally, some small build utilities etc are also written in python. That's what I meant by "scripting needs".

Apologies for the slow replies btw - I haven't been checking HN regularly.

"Tally is entirely written in C/C++/assembly + TDL (which is a DSL)."

Interesting! I once knew some people who wanted to create a "startup" to compete aginst Tally. It didn't go anywhere, but I thought it was an interesting idea.

"Apologies for the slow replies btw "

No worries.

> I once knew some people who wanted to create a "startup" to compete aginst Tally.

Heh - every year we have dozens of Tally clones that come up. In fact, I know at least two people working in Tally who had, at some point in the past, developed products that were Tally competitors/clones.