In article <d9703f77-31a4-42af-aa1d-a4acedbcf...@d7g2000vbv.googlegroups.com>, Adam Skutt <ask...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Jan 14, 5:17=A0pm, Albert van der Horst <alb...@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> >wrote: >> >> I really don't follow that. You need a tremendous set to write gimp. >> Obviously you won't write gimp in Python. >> > >You need a tremendous set to write /the majority of the applications >on your computer/. > >On my desktop right now, I have running: >* Google Chrome >* TweetDeck >* PuTTY >* Pidgin >* Game for Windows Launcher >* Free Download Manager >* Steam Client >* A Windows Control Panel Window > >None of those applications could be written with his proposed widget >set, he's literally 0/7 on running applications. If the situation >isn't the same on your computer then your application usage is highly >unusual or you don't understand what widgets are used to construct >your applications. You've just told me that Python would no longer be >suitable for constructing the majority of GUI applications on the >planet.
We are not talking about running applications, but about writing applications. I count 4000+ .py files in my /usr/share alone on Ubuntu. Your set is totally unrepresentative for those scripts. >Adam Groetjes Albert -- -- Albert van der Horst, UTRECHT,THE NETHERLANDS Economic growth -- being exponential -- ultimately falters. albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home.hccnet.nl/a.w.m.van.der.horst -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
