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Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by bkvirendra »

We use Python as our main Language, since it has pretty syntax and you dont have to spend hours to understand the code my colleagues have written.

And mainly it has a wide scope, so there are all kinds of Libraries available so you can achieve alot with just a few lines of code.

Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by henningpeters »

Skoobe, a new ebook subscription service based in Munich/Germany.

C and Python are in fact our most-used and loved languages.

We developed a cross-platform library in C that makes our codebase reusable across multiple platforms, currently we support iOS, Android, Linux and MacOSX. Next: maybe Windows/Windows Phone?

Most of our backend services and our web site are running on Python/Tornado. Additionally, we use Python a lot for infrastructure automation on AWS.

Btw: we are currently hiring in both areas, send me a mail in case you are interested: hp@skoobe.de

If you want to take a look at our app, go here: http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/skoobe-e-books-leihen-statt/i...

Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by brewerhimself »

henningpeters wrote: post #3

Skoobe, a new ebook subscription service based in Munich/Germany. C and Python are in fact our most-used and loved languages. We developed a cross-platform library in C that makes our codebase reusable across multiple platforms, currently we support iOS, Android, Linux and MacOSX. Next: maybe Windows/Windows Phone? Most of our backend services and our web site are running on Python/Tornado. Additionally, we use Pytho…

I've sent you an email. Thanks :)

Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by brewerhimself »

dkhenry wrote: post #6

The company I work for uses C and PHP mainly , but as our platform is Gentoo that also makes us users of python. I also write most of the utility scripts I use in python. http://sevone.com

SevOne's careers page says that a Bachelor's degree is a requirement. How strict is SevOne (or any other company, for that matter) on this requirement? Do you know of any software engineers that don't have a degree?

Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by reiz »

I know that Google is using C and Python. The first version of Google was written in Python. Today the webserver and the web page are written in C, for performance reasons. But internally they still use a lot of Python.

Re: Ask HN: What startups use C and Python?

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Post by dman »

Enthought - www.enthought.com

We are the scipy/numpy folks and use Python/C to solve interesting scientific / engineering problems. I have been writing interesting Python C extensions for the last six months.

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