Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > "Chris Carlen" <crcarl,,,,dia.gov> wrote: >>Form 2: Use Python and PySerial and TkInter or wxWidgets. >>Pro: Cross-platform goal will likely be achieved fully. Have a >>programmer nearby with extensive experience who can help. >>Con: Must learn new language and library. Must possibly learn a >>completely new way of thinking (OOP) not just a new language syntax. >>This might be difficult. > This is the way to go. - Trust me on this. > When you describe your history, it is almost an exact parallel to mine. > In my case, I have been doing real low level stuff (mostly 8031 assembler) > since 1982 or so. And then I found python in a GSM module (Telit), and > I was intrigued. > I really appreciate your comments on OO - it parallels a lot of what I feel > as there is a lot of apparent BS that does not seem to "do anything" at first > sight. > However- for the GUI stuff, there is an easily understood relationship > between > the objects and what you see on the screen - so its a great way of getting > into OO - as far as people like you and me will go with it, which is not very > far, as we tend to think in machine instructions... > And for what its worth - you can programme assembler-like python, and it also > works. > > The best thing to do is just to spend a few days playing with say Tkinter. > I use a reference from the web written by John W Shipman at New Mexico > Tech - it is succinct and clear, and deserves more widespread publicity. > > Google for it - I have lost the link, although I still have the pdf file. [edit]
Thanks for the tip. The next poster provides the link, which I've got bookmarked now. The more I play with Python, the more I like it. Perhaps I will understand OOP quicker than I thought. What I've learned so far about names binding to objects instead of values stored in memory cells, etc. has been interesting and fascinating. -- Good day! ________________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser&Electronics Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE, delete texts: "RemoveThis" and "BOGUS" from email address to reply. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
