On 10/4/06, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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).
You might want to check out Dabo. It's a framework written by a couple of guys coming from the world of Microsoft dev tools, and they seem to be targeting their visual tools to that market. Their website is http://dabodev.com. I've been using Dabo for a while, both with and without the visual tools, and it's amazing stuff. -- # p.d. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
