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Old 10-02-2013, 10:48 PM   #130
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
But it depends a bit on the expected complexity and code size. If you get a small Python program that one person easily can develop than the smallness is such an advantage that this is preferred.
Just a counterpoint, calibre is about 90% python, has half a million lines of code and ~100 code contributors, and is extremely well maintained, stable and evolves faster than the vast majority of software in the world.

http://www.ohloh.net/p/calibre
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