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One possible reason for this change is that Justin.tv has long used Twisted (http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/) for their network engine, and Twisted is written in Python. I'm not sure if they're still using Twisted, but if they are there might be some advantages to using Python for their web layer as well.

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It's possible but that probably doesn't mean integration is easy. Writing async code in python forces you to use the-twisted-way or the-greenlet-way. That is the problem with language / standard lib lack of support for async calls - that is part of the appeal of node.js.

I doubt just reusing the twisted code inside the django app makes much sense for that reason (nor does the other way round).

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