On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:31:06 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Software has no market value. Business models that try to assign it one
>> are doomed to fight an uphill battle against market forces.
>
> +1 QOTW.
-1
That quote confuses the *cost* of
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Software has no market value. Business models that try to assign it
> one are doomed to fight an uphill battle against market forces.
+1 QOTW.
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stef
Mientki wrote:
> ... although I realize closed source is not completely possibly in Python,
> but that's no problem if the program is large/complex enough compared to
> it's market value ;-)
Software has no market value. Business models that try to assign it o
On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
apps. Are there any Python experts who I can reference them to for
porting? I have nothing on hand at the moment
Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2008-10-20, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't think I'm feeding the troll, but - ever took a look at
PyQt?
I wanted to go from Delphi to a free / open source
environment, for both open source and commercial applications.
So the Qt license stoppe
On 2008-10-20, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I don't think I'm feeding the troll, but - ever took a look at
>> PyQt?
>
> I wanted to go from Delphi to a free / open source
> environment, for both open source and commercial applications.
>
> So the Qt license stopped me from looking an
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Still has some things that I would dearly love in python... like "skinned"
> gui applications.
That's a function of the GUI toolkit, not of the language. Python doesn't
make you use any GUI toolkit, nor does it prevent you from using any
Ville M. Vainio wrote:
Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
Time to show the "don't feed the troll" sign, I guess.
Even without the smiley, I'm convinced of my statement.
cheers,
I don't think I'm feeding the
Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
> >
> > Time to show the "don't feed the troll" sign, I guess.
> Even without the smiley, I'm convinced of my statement.
> cheers,
I don't think I'm feeding the troll, but - ever took a look at PyQ
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
Stef Mientki a écrit :
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
Cohen wrote:
I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
apps.
Probably best
Stef Mientki a écrit :
(snip)
I'm very satisfied with Python, and must say it's much more beautiful
language than Delphi, seen over the full width of programming.
Although both languages are Object Oriented,
I think you can lowercase those two last words - it's not a religion,
you know ?-)
Stef Mientki a écrit :
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
Cohen wrote:
I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
apps.
Probably best to leave those legacy VB app
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Stef Mientki:
it's just Object Pascal , which is inferior to Python.
They are quite different languages, you can't compare them in a simple
way.
Delphi is kinda old, so today there are better languages than Delphi
(like D), but when Delphi 2-3 was out, there weren't
Stef Mientki:
> it's just Object Pascal , which is inferior to Python.
They are quite different languages, you can't compare them in a simple
way.
Delphi is statically typed, and compiles very quickly producing
"small" exes; "algorithmic" code can run a hundred times faster than
Python code. There
On Oct 19, 12:51 am, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
> > Cohen wrote:
>
> >> I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
> >> installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
>
Francesco Bochicchio wrote:
Il Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:34:23 +0200, Stef Mientki ha scritto:
...
I'm very
satisfied with Python, and must say it's much more beautiful language
than Delphi, seen over the full width of programming. Although both
languages are Object Oriented, for some (unknown)
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
Stef
Really, even with the cross-platform Qt bindings?
I skipped Qt because o
Il Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:34:23 +0200, Stef Mientki ha scritto:
...
I'm very
> satisfied with Python, and must say it's much more beautiful language
> than Delphi, seen over the full width of programming. Although both
> languages are Object Oriented, for some (unknown) reason it's 10 times
> easi
2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>> 2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>>
>>> Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
>>> Stef
>>>
>>
>> Really, even with the cross-platform Qt bindings?
>>
>
> I skipped Qt because of the weird license
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
Stef
Really, even with the cross-platform Qt bindings?
I skipped Qt because of the weird license
(I make both commercial and free-open software)
Can you recommend a
2008/10/19 Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Sorry but for GUI design, Python is pre-historic ;-)
> Stef
Really, even with the cross-platform Qt bindings?
Can you recommend a better language? (not java no please not java)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
Cohen wrote:
I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
apps.
Probably best to leave those legacy VB apps alone and develop new
2008/10/19 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
> Cohen wrote:
>
>> I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
>> installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
>> apps.
>
> Probably best to leave those legacy
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dotan
Cohen wrote:
> I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
> installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
> apps.
Probably best to leave those legacy VB apps alone and develop new
replacements in a more open, cro
I often see mention of SMBs that either want to upgrade their Windows
installations, or move to Linux, but cannot because of inhouse VB
apps. Are there any Python experts who I can reference them to for
porting? I have nothing on hand at the moment, but I see this as a
need without an obvious answe
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