Jerry He wrote: > I'm a little curious, why does most scripting > languges(i.e. python and ruby) use Tcl/Tk rather than > wx or Fox as its standard GUI?
Way back in the day, wx and Fox didn't exist (at least not in a usable form) while Tcl/Tk was rock-solid stable. > Although I did notice > that the Vpython IDE that uses Tkinker starts up a lot > faster than the DrPython IDE that uses wxpython. But > that makes no sense, Tk is based on Tcl, a scripting > language, but wx is written in C++. Scripting language != slow. C++ != fast. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
