Paul McGuire <pt...@austin.rr.com> writes: > As to your question of whether Python can be used to write an e-mail > client, or to create a programming language, I assure you both are > possible. But also, given your unfamiliarity with Python, both are > well beyond your skills for some time yet, and you are nowhere near > reaching any of Python's limits any time soon.
Mitch Kapor (of Lotus 1-2-3 fame) spent a lot of money hiring very sharp Python programmers to write an email client called Chandler, but from what I understand, progress so far has been disappointing, at least in part for performance reasons. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
