Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-04 Thread Lee Harr
On 2005-01-03, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John J. Lee wrote: Lee Harr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I think it looks pretty good. The only problem I see is section 5 where it says: 5. Did we miss your concern? Please add a comment to this page. but the page is immutable.

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-03 Thread John J. Lee
Lee Harr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I think it looks pretty good. The only problem I see is section 5 where it says: 5. Did we miss your concern? Please add a comment to this page. but the page is immutable. pedant Hopefully one of the site maintainers will read this and

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-03 Thread Steve Holden
John J. Lee wrote: Lee Harr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I think it looks pretty good. The only problem I see is section 5 where it says: 5. Did we miss your concern? Please add a comment to this page. but the page is immutable. pedant Hopefully one of the site maintainers will read this and

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-02 Thread Casey Hawthorne
Aren't games using full screen mode to address only 320 by 240 resolution for faster screen painting? If one used only 320 by 240 in a window, then that would be 1/4 of the screen or less! -- Regards, Casey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-02 Thread Peter Hansen
Casey Hawthorne wrote: Aren't games using full screen mode to address only 320 by 240 resolution for faster screen painting? If one used only 320 by 240 in a window, then that would be 1/4 of the screen or less! And, on many of our screens, only a few inches across and too small to see without a

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-02 Thread Lee Harr
On 2005-01-02, Brian Beck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex Martelli wrote: You _gotta_ be kidding, right...? The Beginner's Guide link takes you right to the BeginnersGuide page which starts with the reassurance that Python is easy to learn even if you're new to programming and continues with a

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-02 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Jabaru wrote: BTW, I don't know of a way to write fullscreen games in C#... Directx, Opengl, Gdi+, win32api, SDL... the list goes on Yes, that's right, but most of those you can use in Python, too. I should have inserted the word specific at the right point in my sentence wink Reinhold --

What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-01 Thread BOOGIEMAN
Beginners question, but really what can you do with it ? How hard is Python to learn compared with other languages (let's say C#). Can you make fullscreen game with it (for example) ? I've looked at http://www.python.org but nothing concrete there --

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-01 Thread Alex Martelli
BOOGIEMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beginners question, but really what can you do with it ? You can write application programs, big or small, of just about any kind you may imagine, on just about any platform you may imagine (from mainframes and supercomputers down to powerful cellphones such

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-01 Thread Alan Gauld
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 21:57:32 +0100, BOOGIEMAN (let's say C#). Can you make fullscreen game with it (for example) ? RANT You can but please don't! Make your game run fast in a window. I hate fascist games programmers who insist on monopolising a 21 inch 1600x1200 display and assuming I have

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-01 Thread BOOGIEMAN
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:03:08 -0500, Mark Nenadov wrote: What can you do with Python? Just about anything your heart desires. Thanks everybody, I downloaded latest windows version and Python-Docs-2.4 archive. Is that enough for absolute beginner. Is there any e-book, step by step guide ... etc

Re: What can I do with Python ??

2005-01-01 Thread Doug Holton
BOOGIEMAN wrote: Thanks everybody, I downloaded latest windows version and Python-Docs-2.4 archive. Is that enough for absolute beginner. Is there any e-book, step by step guide ... etc for download, or anything else important what I have to know before I start learning Python ? The main thing I