> It is neither efficient or inefficient: it is just a distribution > tool, to deploy python software in a form familiar to most windows > users. It does not make it any faster than running the software under > a python prompt. > > As much as I like python for scientific programming, I would say > python is pretty far from the stated requirements in the posted blog > post. It is difficult to deploy software written with python (much > better than the alternatives, though), and it is slow if you can't > leverage numpy/scipy (where vectorization does not apply). > > It remains to be seen whether it will be true in practice, but > something like F#, with its integration in VS 2010, seems much closer > IMHO. It is compiled, high level language, and backed by the biggest > software vendor in the world. >
The blog post is not looking to distribute his code, but he would like it to be cross platform for his own reasons. VB is not cross platform. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list