Chris Carlen wrote: > 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. > > > I'm happy you are proceeding with so little trouble. Without wishing to confuse you, however, I should point out that this aspect of Python has very little to do with its object-orientation. There was a language called Icon, for example, 20 years ago, that used similar semantics but wasn't at all object-oriented.
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