Developing Commercial Applications in Python

[Nick Vargish]

Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python

eeykay@gmail.co m writes:
[color=blue]
> Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
> developed using python ?[/color]

Python is used in several games, including Temple of Elemental Evil
and the forthcoming Civilization 4. Humungous Games, which makes
software for children, is also using Python. Sorry if games would give
your boss the wrong impression...

Most commercial software houses don't advertise details of their
development platforms.

Nick

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[Stephen Waterbury]

Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python

Nick Vargish wrote:[color=blue]
> eeykay@gmail.co m writes:
>[color=green]
>>Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
>>developed using python ?[/color]
>
> Python is used in several games ...[/color]

Also see Python Success Stories: http://pythonology.org/success

A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see

http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf

Steve

[Duncan Booth]

Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python

Nick Vargish wrote:
[color=blue]
> eeykay@gmail.co m writes:
>[color=green]
>> Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
>> developed using python ?[/color]
>
> Python is used in several games, including Temple of Elemental Evil
> and the forthcoming Civilization 4. Humungous Games, which makes
> software for children, is also using Python. Sorry if games would give
> your boss the wrong impression...[/color]

Also "Startrek Bridge Commander", and "Uru: Ages beyond Myst".

[Steve Hughes]

Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python

[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
>>>developed using python ?[/color][/color][/color]

Yet another game but it's a huge one with a massive DB behind it.

http://www.eve-online.com

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[Nick Coghlan]

Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python

Stephen Waterbury wrote:[color=blue]
> A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see
> http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf[/color]

Not to mention the kind words of the current reigning king of the search engine
world. . .

Cheers,
Nick.

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[Aahz]

Software archeology (was Re: Developing Commercial Applications in Python)

In article <mailman.260.11 05025818.22381. python-list@python.org >,
Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> eeykay@gmail.co m writes:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
>>>developed using python ?[/color][/color]
>
>Also see Python Success Stories: http://pythonology.org/success
>
>A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see
>http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf[/color]

Actually, your statement is slightly inaccurate. The Verity search
engine is more than fifteen years old in its core technology; it was
started as a LISP project at IIRC MIT. (At one point I was much amused
to look at the C source code and find car() and cdr() functions.) As of
my last information, Python isn't used at all in or with the Verity
search engine. What you're referring to is the Verity Ultraseek engine,
originally written and owned by Infoseek before getting transferred to
Verity through a series of dot-bomb transactions. The Ultraseek engine
doesn't use Python, but Python is used to control the engine, and I think
much of the spider is written in Python.
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is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis

[Stephen Waterbury]

Re: Software archeology (was Re: Developing Commercial Applicationsin Python)

Aahz wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <mailman.260.11 05025818.22381. python-list@python.org >,
> Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>eeykay@gmail .com writes:
>>>
>>>>Can somebody there to point me any good commercial applications
>>>>developed using python ?[/color]
>>
>>Also see Python Success Stories: http://pythonology.org/success
>>
>>A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see
>>http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf[/color]
>
> Actually, your statement is slightly inaccurate. The Verity search
> engine is more than fifteen years old in its core technology; it was
> started as a LISP project at IIRC MIT. (At one point I was much amused
> to look at the C source code and find car() and cdr() functions.) As of
> my last information, Python isn't used at all in or with the Verity
> search engine. What you're referring to is the Verity Ultraseek engine,
> originally written and owned by Infoseek before getting transferred to
> Verity through a series of dot-bomb transactions. The Ultraseek engine
> doesn't use Python, but Python is used to control the engine, and I think
> much of the spider is written in Python.[/color]

Actually, Aahz didn't add anything useful that wasn't explained
better in the article itself, pointing to which was the purpose
of my post, but he is correct: Python was *not* used to write
the Verity search engine ... how the hell do these stupid rumors
get started anyhow?? ;). Just read the article, dammit! :)

Cheers,
Steve

[Aahz]

Re: Software archeology (was Re: Developing Commercial Applicationsin Python)

In article <mailman.348.11 05159582.22381. python-list@python.org >,
Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:[color=blue]
>Aahz wrote:[color=green]
>> In article <mailman.260.11 05025818.22381. python-list@python.org >,
>> Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>Also see Python Success Stories: http://pythonology.org/success
>>>
>>>A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see
>>>http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf[/color]
>>
>> Actually, your statement is slightly inaccurate. The Verity search
>> engine is more than fifteen years old in its core technology; it was
>> started as a LISP project at IIRC MIT. (At one point I was much amused
>> to look at the C source code and find car() and cdr() functions.) As of
>> my last information, Python isn't used at all in or with the Verity
>> search engine. What you're referring to is the Verity Ultraseek engine,
>> originally written and owned by Infoseek before getting transferred to
>> Verity through a series of dot-bomb transactions. The Ultraseek engine
>> doesn't use Python, but Python is used to control the engine, and I think
>> much of the spider is written in Python.[/color]
>
>Actually, Aahz didn't add anything useful that wasn't explained better
>in the article itself, pointing to which was the purpose of my post,
>but he is correct: Python was *not* used to write the Verity search
>engine ... how the hell do these stupid rumors get started anyhow?? ;).
>Just read the article, dammit! :)[/color]

You're quite correct that I added little useful information, but seeing
as I used to work at Verity, I couldn't resist adding some hopefully
interesting and/or amusing trivia. Especially the LISP bit.
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is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis

[Stephen Waterbury]

Re: Software archeology (was Re: Developing Commercial Applicationsin Python)

Aahz wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <mailman.348.11 05159582.22381. python-list@python.org >,
> Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Aahz wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>In article <mailman.260.11 05025818.22381. python-list@python.org >,
>>>Stephen Waterbury <golux@comcast. net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Also see Python Success Stories: http://pythonology.org/success
>>>>
>>>>A notable example is Verity's search engine -- see
>>>>http://python.oreilly.com/news/PythonSS.pdf
>>>
>>>Actually, your statement is slightly inaccurate. The Verity search
>>>engine is more than fifteen years old in its core technology; it was
>>>started as a LISP project at IIRC MIT. (At one point I was much amused
>>>to look at the C source code and find car() and cdr() functions.) As of
>>>my last information, Python isn't used at all in or with the Verity
>>>search engine. What you're referring to is the Verity Ultraseek engine,
>>>originally written and owned by Infoseek before getting transferred to
>>>Verity through a series of dot-bomb transactions. The Ultraseek engine
>>>doesn't use Python, but Python is used to control the engine, and I think
>>>much of the spider is written in Python.[/color]
>>
>>Actually, Aahz didn't add anything useful that wasn't explained better
>>in the article itself, pointing to which was the purpose of my post,
>>but he is correct: Python was *not* used to write the Verity search
>>engine ... how the hell do these stupid rumors get started anyhow?? ;).
>>Just read the article, dammit! :)[/color]
>
> You're quite correct that I added little useful information, but seeing
> as I used to work at Verity, I couldn't resist adding some hopefully
> interesting and/or amusing trivia. Especially the LISP bit.[/color]

Well GEEZ, you should've mentioned that you used to work there!
All the trivia *were* amusing ... sorry if I harshed! :)

Cheers,
Steve