As stated above python is capable of all those things, however on larger applications like that it can tend to slow down a bit. And the executables do need a little bit of work, because it's bassicly a dll and a library of all your .pyc files. However python is still a great language and I would recomend it. And most of these things will probably be fixed in Python 3000! Cameron Laird wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > lennart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm planning to learn a language for 'client' software. Until now, i > >'speak' only some web based languages, like php. As a kid i programmed > >in Basic (CP/M, good old days :'-) ) Now i want to start to learn a > >(for me) new computer language. > > > >I like Python. Its free, easy to learn and some favorite programs of my > >are written in Python / can understand Python (like OpenOffice) etc. > > > >But I'm not a full-time programmer. I know, that I've only time & > >possibility to learn one (= 1) language good. So i ask myself is python > >the language I'm looking for? > > > >In the future, i want to write the following applications: > >[*] A database driven program, which can handle my clients, tasks and > >places (= 3 tables, has to work relative with each other). I think, > >this isn't a problem for Python > >[*] As a photographer i like to build a picture management system (also > >db) with raw support. Raw is the raw-data from the sensor of the > >camera. My questions: > >- can python encode raw? > >- can python head for a utility like dcraw? > >- or head for a utility like IrfanView (delphi?) or something like > >that? > . > . > . > Yes. > > Yes, Python is generally capable in all the roles you describe. > Perhaps most exciting, though, is that you can try out the > language yourself, TODAY, over the next few hours, and, in no > more time than that, get a realistic if limited idea how it's > likely to work for you. With the right introduction <URL: > http://docs.python.org/tut/ > you can be coding usefully in > Python very quickly.
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