On 18/02/2016 11:32, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:11 PM, <wrong.addres...@gmail.com> wrote:
Almost everything points positively for Python. Thanks to all of you who have
responded. But please also tell me the disadvantages of Python. If I start
using Python, I should be aware of the price I am paying. Speed is not a big
problem for me, so an interpreted language is fine. Is packaging/installing
very messy? Do I create dozens of files for a simple program calculating the
sum of two numbers and product of two numbers in text boxes with one command to
be clicked? Can I learn this much in the first couple of hours?
There are a few warts, particularly on Windows, as regards packaging
and third-party modules. Anything that's written in pure Python is
fairly easy; stuff that's written in C is sometimes a bit hairy. But
that's a limitation on the "extended library" of PyPI, not the stuff
that comes with Python itself.
The vast majority of C code that you're ever likely to need can be
obtained here http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ if there isn't
a whl file on pypi. The site might be headed "Unofficial Windows
Binaries for Python Extension Packages" but it's as safe as houses, I've
been using it for years without any problems at all.
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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.
Mark Lawrence
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