Mahmoud makes a spirited defense of Python with ten general themes, but the most important thing he had to tell us about PayPal's experience with Python was thi

Mahmoud makes a spirited defense of Python with ten general themes, but the most important thing he had to tell us about PayPal's experience with Python was this: "Our most common success story starts with a Java or C++ project slated to take a team of 3-5 developers somewhere between 2-6 months, and ends with a single motivated developer completing the project in 2-6 weeks (or hours, for that matter)."