[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is Windows > an okay enviornment in which to program under Python, or do you > recommend that I run a dual-boot of Linux or maybe a VMWare install to > program under Python?
Python is one of the best languages I've found for platform-independence - significantly better than Perl. Right now I'm coding Python that runs happily under Redhat, Windows /Cygwin and Windows native. It also integrates closely with command line tools like subversion, including piping their output into Python-based XML parsers. This really wouldn't be easy with Perl. Find yourself an editor that's pretty similar under both Unix and Windows. jEdit is a good place to start. You might also like to look at running Cygwin under Windows. It's a Unix-like command shell that provides nearly every command-line Unix tool you could want on a Windows box. Can be a little awkward at times, but it's a huge advantage over raw Windows. I'd never recommend dual-boot for anything! Hardware is cheap, time and trouble is expensive. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
