As a complete novice in the study of Python, I am asking myself where this language is superior or better suited than others. For example, all I see in the tutorials are lots of examples of list processing, arithmetic calculations - all in a DOS-like environment.
What is particularly disappointing is the absence of a Windows IDE, components and an event driven paradigm. How does Python stand relative to the big 3, namely Visual C++, Visual Basic and Delphi? I realize that these programming packages are quite expensive now while Python is free (at least for the package I am using - ActivePython). Please discuss where Python shines. Gord -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
