On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:54:08 +0100, Uwe Grauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Most People don't realize, that they have to use the cvs-version >instead.
It's rather that most people prefer to use the latest stable version, since stuff under CVS is still under development. Does someone know why the Boa people didn't extract a newer, stable version from CVS? To the OP: This topic comes up about every week, and the conclusion I drew after taking a look, is that Python is not a good solution to build GUI apps, although it's an excellent command-line, text scripting tool. To me, the very fact that the only solution if you don't want to carry a multi-megabyte widget set with you (either wxWidgets or QT is to go the MFC way (which a lot of C developers seem to hate) through PyWin32, and the absence of a really good GUI builder like VB or Delphi shows that it's just not a good solution to build big GUI apps, although good enough for smaller apps like BitTorrent etc. Sad, but true. I guess it just shows that building a GUI development tool like those two takes quite a lot of work, hence money, but there doesn't seem to be a demand high enough to warrant this venture. My conclusion: If you want to write GUI apps that require a very rich interface while keeping the installer small (and raw performance is important), Python is currently not a good solution. YMMV :-) Luke. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
