So I'm coming to see how it's important to keep this "core Python" idea current, as newbies from other languages are used to a certain blending with eye candy, e.g. Visual Studio, and think there's a fight for "first lady" by Qt, Tk, wx and like that.
But there's not. Python the language is agnostic about eye candy or, as flies around here (where theology isn't as well understood), isn't monogamous with any particular widgets library. Use none, use them all, use anything in between. Roll your own. Part of what keeps Python simple to upgrade, migrate along a 3.x path for example, is it isn't weighed down with all these enormous commitments to AWT or Swing type add-ons. Even the Standard Library is relatively spare, when it comes to UI stuff. On the other hand, Tk has a great future. I've seen it used for air traffic control systems and hey, if it does the job... easier to train new Tk programmers to enchance and debug, than to start from scratch in .NET or whatever. As long as the planes stay just as safe. Tk is pretty stable, well understood, so really, I'm not kidding. Bright future. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
