Well Python is cross-platform and is easy to use. Tell him from me that: Python is object-oriented, using functions and classes. In Python, absolutely everything is an object, even methods. I could therefore have an array of function names and call one by using funcs[2](args). This is very powerful once you get used to it. It is also scripted and loosely typed. This is valid: a=5 a="hello" Note the lack of semicolons? A semicolon is used to split a line into multiple commands, like: print(a); return False Python is also indentation-based and does not use braces. If you always indent code anyway, this actually saves a step. Learn more than you ever wanted to know at http://www.python.org.
On 10/13/11, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi Paul. > I had to find out. My husband said he used Visual Basic. He said he was not > familiar with Python. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> What language did he use? Python is a great cross-platform language >> that he may want to look into. Using the wxPython gui library, >> accessible guis for programs should be easy to design. I doubt >> anything written for something as old as an Apple II would run on a >> modern system, but I could be wrong. >> >> On 10/12/11, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> Hi guys. >>> This is not a sales announcement or anything. My husband wrote this >>> program >>> for me which right now runs under Windows. He used to write custom >>> programs >>> for small businesses for both the Apple 2 and the PC. >>> >>> I got tired of counting lines and finding page numbers in brf files. As a >>> proofreader, I have to do reports and turn that information into >>> transcribers. >>> >>> I'm not wild about installing Windows on my Mac just to run this program. >>> Excuse my ignorance here, but if he were to rewrite the program like it >>> was >>> going to run on the old Apple 2, would it run under Lion? I know that may >>> sound weird, but if he had a 2 E here he would be able to write programs >>> for >>> it, so I thought I would find out if that knowledge could be used to >>> rewrite >>> this program without a lot of trouble. If not, I can either put Windows >>> on >>> here or do this some other way. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
