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by scarlson 5282 days ago
Copy-paste from another comment:

FriendFeed, acquired by Facebook in 2009, was a Python shop. These guys now maintain their Tornado platform as Facebook (https://github.com/facebook/tornado). Facebook's CTO, Bret Taylor, is a Python guy (https://github.com/finiteloop). Python is used in house. They have the resources to support Python. They've just made the business decision not to.
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randomdata 5282 days ago
"They have the resources to support Python."

Having Python experts on staff is no indication that those people have time to work on additional Python projects. And if there is a real talent shortage, it is quite likely they cannot find anyone else to take on the extra projects.

Ultimately, you are right that it is a business decision. They could hire anyone off the street and train them to be skilled in Python. Though I understand why they might not want to do that.

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scarlson 5279 days ago
That's fair. I was more intending to point out that Facebook does indeed have Python developers, and they are not entirely a PHP business.
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