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Article: Python Slithers into Systems; ITA Software is using the Python language for its airline reservation system, proving that sometimes snakes and planes do mix.
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- March 5, 2007
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Last summer's box office hit "snakes on a plane" was the unlikely story of a batch of snakes getting loose in flight on a 747. In what some might view as just as unlikely, ITA Software is using the Python language to empower its airline reservation system.
Many computer language purists say that languages such as Java, C++ or C should be used for enterprise applications. However, ITA, a Cambridge, Mass., provider of airline IT software and services, is proving that dynamic languages such as Python can be rock-solid for enterprise work.
Indeed, ITA in September 2006 announced an agreement with Montreal-based Air Canada, a subsidiary of ACE Aviation Holdings, to develop a new reservation ...