Thanks for this. I'm enjoying this discussion and I'm learning a lot about people's views and how they differ from mine.
However, I'm still wondering about my original post. Can the experts please comment on python's usage for the following: 1. Databases. Assuming I roll my own, does python have any performance issues for this sort of thing? 2. GUI. Can Python command the various gui libraries fast enough to qualify as game-quality, with transparency, anti-aliasing, animations, etc? 3. Computational stuff like simulations and rules-checking. I'm just going to assume this needs to be in C++ or pyrex or SciPy or something. 4. Programmability. How do I embed an interpreter which has some custom CLI commands and knowledge of the graphical conext and which has exposure to the API used in the main application, such that to the user all the necessary things are exposed by default, and so that it doesn't feel like it's just a disconnected console window that he/she needs to set up manually each time? 5. Threads and parallelism. Should I even bother? I've read that it's possibly more tricky with python than with normal dev tools. I've never done it, but I'd like to at least think about it up front so if/when this goes MT it's not a complete rewrite from the ground up. thanks ms -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
