Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-07 Thread baalbek
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> Amanda wrote: >> (snip) >>> I am always amazed when I meet fanatics!! >> I'm always amazed when I meet PC-Soft's salespersons... > > isn't there some non-python forum where you can sort this one out ? Why is it up to Bruno to sort this out?

Re: [OT] windev vs python SOS

2006-10-02 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> Amanda wrote: >> (snip) >>> I am always amazed when I meet fanatics!! >> I'm always amazed when I meet PC-Soft's salespersons... > > isn't there some non-python forum where you can sort this one out ? Yes, you're right, sorry... -- bruno d

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-02 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Amanda wrote: > (snip) >> I am always amazed when I meet fanatics!! > > I'm always amazed when I meet PC-Soft's salespersons... isn't there some non-python forum where you can sort this one out ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-02 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Amanda wrote: (snip) > I am always amazed when I meet fanatics!! I'm always amazed when I meet PC-Soft's salespersons... > Links abour Windev for those who like facts : > > http://www.windev.com/pcsoft/testimonials/index.html > http://www.pcsoft.fr/annonce10/photos.html > http://www.pcsoft.fr/pc

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-01 Thread Ray
stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to argue > > any idea for a strong argument ? * WinDev is a virtual unknown outside France. I tried asking a bunch of colleagues about WinDev just now. Nobody has even heard about it. Prior to doing Java I was doing

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-01 Thread Jorge Godoy
Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While these statements do mean something to experienced programmers, > they seem to contradict everything a power-point wielding IT executive > who understands everything "from a 5000 foot point of view" knows to > be true. I really wish I knew ho

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-01 Thread Scott David Daniels
stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to argue > > - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) > A good point but it didn't interest him. Because > we want to choose a language for prototyping. > So multi platform is not enough.

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-01 Thread Steve Holden
Wolfgang Keller wrote: >>Links abour Windev for those who like facts : >> >>http://www.windev.com/pcsoft/testimonials/index.html >>http://www.pcsoft.fr/annonce10/photos.html >>http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/120pages/index.html > > > Well, it _could_ be that all the readers in comp.lang.python are ut

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-10-01 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Links abour Windev for those who like facts : > > http://www.windev.com/pcsoft/testimonials/index.html > http://www.pcsoft.fr/annonce10/photos.html > http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/120pages/index.html Well, it _could_ be that all the readers in comp.lang.python are utterly braindead morons with e

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-30 Thread Amanda
> Can Windev interface with .net? YES > Can Windev interface with Java? YES > Can Windev interface natively with nearly every relational database on the > planet? YES > Does Windev interface with JMS, Java RMI, SAP RFC, mqseries and other > middleware?>> YES > Can you easily

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-30 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) > A good point but it didn't interest him. Because > we want to choose a language for prototyping. > So multi platform is not enough. With Python the prototype _is_ the application. You just need to add a little bit of

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread jmdeschamps
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Bruno Desthuilliers a écrit : > >> I've never met a programmer that "loved" Windev. > > > > I have met some here (I'm the guy with a mustache-just kidding but > > actually I was there). > > > > http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/tdftec

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Bruno Desthuilliers a écrit : >> I've never met a programmer that "loved" Windev. > > I have met some here (I'm the guy with a mustache-just kidding but > actually I was there). > > http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/tdftech/2006/images/Paris/07-IMG_5853.jpg > > WinD

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread John Henry
Why are they all look so gloomy? I don't see a single smile on their faces. :=) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Bruno Desthuilliers a écrit : > > I've never met a programmer that "loved" Windev. > > I have met some here (I'm the guy with a mustache-just kidding but > actually I was there). >

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread aaaWindev
Hi, Bruno Desthuilliers a écrit : > I've never met a programmer that "loved" Windev. I have met some here (I'm the guy with a mustache-just kidding but actually I was there). http://www.pcsoft.fr/pcsoft/tdftech/2006/images/Paris/07-IMG_5853.jpg WinDev is widely used in France and that's a thing

RE: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread Tim Golden
[Méta-MCI - translated for non-Francophones] | Re-Bonjour ! Hello again! | J'avais écrit, dans le message précédent, que la société | PC-Soft avait eu des difficultés financières, | il y a plusieurs années. I wrote in the last message that PC-Soft had had financial difficulties a few years ag

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread M�ta-MCI
Re-Bonjour ! J'avais écrit, dans le message précédent, que la société PC-Soft avait eu des difficultés financières, il y a plusieurs années. Comme je n'ai pas eu l'occasion de vérifier cette information, (et à la demande de la société PC-Soft), je demande donc aux lecteurs de consid

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Stéphane, > > stéphane bard wrote: >> hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. >> I have to argue You don't. You're one of the marketing droids from PC-Soft To everyone here : such interventions are a well-known part of PC-Soft (the company that sells the

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread Kent Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Stéphane, > > stéphane bard wrote: >> hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. >> I have to argue > > First, no matter how good is Python, you should not desagree with your > boss. > Second, Windew is quite good and fun, you will love it. Yes, the boss is a

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Bruno, Heck. PC-Soft marketing droids are pursuing us even here now. > Let me guess, your favorite book is the "I HATE THE FRENCH OFFICIAL > HANDBOOK". je suis français, pauvre semoule. > People here deserve a more objective opinion. "objective" ? Lol. > Here yo

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread aaaWindev
Hi Stéphane, stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to argue First, no matter how good is Python, you should not desagree with your boss. Second, Windew is quite good and fun, you will love it. -- PatBiker -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread MC
Thanks. The essential, is that peoples (& you) can understand. Bbut, perso, I don't understand the message translated (much unknowed words...) -- @-salutations Michel Claveau -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread MC
Thank you, Jean-Marc, for translation. I am not capable of this work. :-) -- @-salutations Michel Claveau -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-29 Thread aaaWindev
Hi Bruno, Let me guess, your favorite book is the "I HATE THE FRENCH OFFICIAL HANDBOOK". People here deserve a more objective opinion. Here you can find what WinDev users have to say about WinDev http://www.windev.com/pcsoft/testimonials/ There are more testimonials here (in french). http://ww

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread jmdeschamps
MC wrote: > Bonjour ! > > Comme tu es français, tu me coprendras. > > Alors : > - windev est fermé, et protégé par des dongles. Résultat : dongle > perdu, en panne, ou volé, il faut racheter une licence (c'est arrivé à > un ami) > - le langage de windev est beaucoup moins évolué que Python. Et

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread Paddy
My french is attrocious so I got Michels original post machine transated. I liked what Michel was saying, maybe others would like to share: Hello! As you are French, you will coprendras me. Then: - windev is closed, and protected by dongles. Result: dongle lost, broken down, or flown, a licence s

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread MC
Bonjour ! Comme tu es français, tu me coprendras. Alors : - windev est fermé, et protégé par des dongles. Résultat : dongle perdu, en panne, ou volé, il faut racheter une licence (c'est arrivé à un ami) - le langage de windev est beaucoup moins évolué que Python. Et, quand je dis beaucoup,

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread Sebastian Kaliszewski
stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to argue > > - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) > A good point but it didn't interest him. Because > we want to choose a language for prototyping. > So multi platform is not enough.

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread Steve Holden
stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to argue > > - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) > A good point but it didn't interest him. Because > we want to choose a language for prototyping. > So multi platform is not

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
John Henry wrote: > I don't know what windev is A french (highly proprietary) so-called "CASE-Tool" with a so-called "5th generation language" (lol) that is mostly a dumbed-down mix of basic and pascal. It's so bad that it makes you regret VB6. -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-28 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. Find another job. (I'm serious. I've 2+ years of pain with Windev, and if your boss is clueless enough to believe all the marketing crap from PCSoft's droids, you really don't want to work for him). > I have to argue > >

Re: windev vs python SOS

2006-09-27 Thread John Henry
I don't know what windev is but presonally, I found Python to be incredibly productive. BTW: I recommend that you look into PythonCard. It sits on top of wxpython and I found it to be a very productive GUI tool. stéphane bard wrote: > hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. > I have to

windev vs python SOS

2006-09-27 Thread stéphane bard
hello, my boss ask me to prefer windev to python. I have to argue - python work on multiple platform (linux, mac, windows) A good point but it didn't interest him. Because we want to choose a language for prototyping. So multi platform is not enough. - python and winde