[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Jan 8, 1:57 pm, "Martin P. Hellwig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <cut> >> And adding to that, if you don't care about cross platform anyway, why >> even bother with python? I am sure that MS has tools that can do in a >> point and click kind of way all the things you might encounter. <cut> > > I code mostly for Windows users, but I use Python almost exclusively. > Why? > > 1) Python is "free" > 2) Microsoft Visual Studio is very expensive > 3) Python is Open Source > 4) Visual Studio is not Open Source > 5) I can actually take the code from IDLE and refine it for my > purposes if it doesn't suit me. Good luck doing that with practically > anything Microsoft supplies. > 6) With relative ease, I can go cross-platform with my code if > requirements change > > I could go on. There are many good reasons to use Python (or some > other good open source language, like Ruby) even if you just program > for Windows. > > Mike
Well if that are your requirements, which are all good ones btw, then you have answered your own question :-) -- mph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
