Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-13, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:45:30 -, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> >> IMO, robustness is also a quality of a language. In language >> like C and C++, it's difficult to write a prog

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Lou Pecora
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a Python developer, I don't give a rats ass about what > > people say about C#, Python, or c++, they all have their uses. > > My main reasoning for considering C++ as the backend is some > > things (reading memory fo

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Paul Boddie
On 13 Mar, 04:33, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-03-13, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > and we already have a lot written in C++. [...] > I think you're nuts to decide that you need C++ before you've > tested a Python implementation, but it's your nickle. :) I'm

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-13 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > On Mar 12, 9:56 am, Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : >> >>> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Grant Edwards a écrit : (snip) > Python is _far_ more robust than C++. I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a prog

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread krishnakant Mane
I have coded some complex programs in python in the recent past. I find it very robust and also not very slow (as is depicted by the starter of this thread ) I use wxpython on the gui side and testify that it is indeed very suitable for huge gui apps. may be pyqt is good enough too and I believe s

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-13, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone seems to have misunderstood what I want. One might suspect that your request was unclear. ;) > I'm a Python developer, I don't give a rats ass about what > people say about C#, Python, or c++, they all have their uses. > My main r

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread David Cramer
On Mar 12, 9:56 am, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : > > > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > > >> Grant Edwards a écrit : > >> (snip) > > >>> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > > >> I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > >> language !-) > > > No

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Diez B. Roggisch a écrit : > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> Grant Edwards a écrit : >> (snip) >> >>> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. >>> >> I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a >> language !-) > > Nope. Dealing with dangling references and double frees, comple

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Grant Edwards a écrit : > (snip) > >> >> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. >> > > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > language !-) Nope. Dealing with dangling references and double frees, complex copy-semantics that change only

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-12, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards a écrit : > (snip) > >> Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a > language !-) IMO, robustness is also a quality of a language. In language like C an

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Grant Edwards a écrit : (snip) > > Python is _far_ more robust than C++. > I wouldn't say so - robustness is a quality of a program, not of a language !-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-03-11, David Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >> > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >> > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>David Cramer wrote: >> >>>If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >>>which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>>would you suggest using c++ and

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
David Cramer a écrit : > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'm asking because we were originally thinking about doing c# but > after attending PyCon

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Duncan Booth
"David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >> > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >> > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >> > would you

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
David Cramer schrieb: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> David Cramer wrote: >>> If you had an application that you were about to begin development on >>> which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), >>> would you suggest using c++ and Py

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread ce
On Mar 11, 12:26 pm, "David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > David Cramer wrote: > > > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > > > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
"David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'm asking because we were originally thinking about doing c# but >

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-11 Thread David Cramer
On Mar 10, 10:52 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Cramer wrote: > > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > > would you suggest using c++ and Python? > > I'd strongly cons

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Cramer wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? I'd strongly consider a pure python solution (I'd choose wxpython), but if I needed to code back

Re: Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-10 Thread MonkeeSage
On Mar 10, 9:23 pm, "David Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you had an application that you were about to begin development on > which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), > would you suggest using c++ and Python? Depending on what exactly you're trying to do, a pure

Python in a desktop environment

2007-03-10 Thread David Cramer
If you had an application that you were about to begin development on which you wanted to be cross platform (at least Mac and Windows), would you suggest using c++ and Python? I'm asking because we were originally thinking about doing c# but after attending PyCon this year I'm reconsidering. We ar