Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-13, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:45:30 -, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> >> IMO, robustness is also a quality of a language. In language >> like C and C++, it's difficult to write a prog

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Lou Pecora
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a Python developer, I don't give a rats ass about what > > people say about C#, Python, or c++, they all have their uses. > > My main reasoning for considering C++ as the backend is some > > things (reading memory fo

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Boddie
On 13 Mar, 04:33, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-03-13, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > and we already have a lot written in C++. [...] > I think you're nuts to decide that you need C++ before you've > tested a Python implementation, but it's your nickle. :) I'm

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > On Mar 12, 9:56 am, Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : >> >>> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Grant Edwards a écrit : (snip) > Python is _far_ more robust than C++. I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a prog

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread krishnakant Mane
I have coded some complex programs in python in the recent past. I find it very robust and also not very slow (as is depicted by the starter of this thread ) I use wxpython on the gui side and testify that it is indeed very suitable for huge gui apps. may be pyqt is good enough too and I believe s

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-13, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone seems to have misunderstood what I want. One might suspect that your request was unclear. ;) > I'm a Python developer, I don't give a rats ass about what > people say about C#, Python, or c++, they all have their uses. > My main r

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread David Cramer
On Mar 12, 9:56 am, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : > > > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > >> Grant Edwards a écrit : > >> (snip) > > >>> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > > >> I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > >> language !-) > > > No

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> Grant Edwards a écrit : >> (snip) >> >>> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. >>> >> I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a >> language !-) > > Nope. Dealing with dangling references and double frees, comple

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Grant Edwards a écrit : > (snip) > >> >> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. >> > > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > language !-) Nope. Dealing with dangling references and double frees, complex copy-semantics that change only

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards a écrit : > (snip) > >> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > language !-) IMO, robustness is also a quality of a language. In language like C an

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Grant Edwards a écrit : (snip) > > Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a language !-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-11, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >> > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >> > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>David Cramer wrote: >> >>>If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >>>which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>>would you suggest using c++ and

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'm asking because we were originally thinking about doing c# but > after attending PyCon

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Duncan Booth
"David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >> > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >> > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >> > would you

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
David Cramer schrieb: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >>> If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >>> which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>> would you suggest using c++ and Py

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread ce
On Mar 11, 12:26 pm, "David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > David Cramer wrote: > > > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > > > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'm asking because we were originally thinking about doing c# but >

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread David Cramer
On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Cramer wrote: > > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'd strongly cons

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Cramer wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? I'd strongly consider a pure python solution (I'd choose wxpython), but if I needed to code back

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-10 Thread MonkeeSage
On Mar 10, 9:23 pm, "David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? Depending on what exactly you're trying to do, a pure