On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:30:50AM -0700, Andy Dingley wrote: >[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.
No, it's easy with Perl too - but this is a Python list, so use Python :-) >Find yourself an editor that's pretty similar under both Unix and >Windows. jEdit is a good place to start. This is very good advice. I would recommend vim or emacs (mostly vim, but I don't wish to start a holy war) as the text-editing power tools of choice, but you should find something that suits your style. This list can probably provide some guidance there, too. >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. Ditto. -- yours, William woolgathering.cx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
