Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com>: > And yet you routinely find people on this list recommending writing > python to using a GUI-builder. On the one hand I am tempted to say > "Sheesh!!" On the other, maybe the builders are still too > half-assed... Dunno
That's like diagnosing cancer without invasive procedures, lab tests and interviews: the doctor should be able to look at how pale you look and if your skin has any funny bulges. Thing is, programs and even text documents and spreadsheets have a lot more abstract structure, dynamics and dependencies than the visible façade. Block diagrams and graphics can be great presentation tools, but nothing beats text in concise, explicit expressiveness. An everyday example: a word processor displays the word "hello" with "hel" in boldface and "lo" in italics. You put the cursor between the l's and type a letter. Should it be in boldface or italics? Who of you hasn't sworn at a Web editor that gets the formatting all messed up when you have typed a backspace in the "wrong place?" Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
