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Why Switch to Python? - nevets04 - 11-08-2009
Why Switch to Python?
About Python
- very clear, readable syntax
- strong introspection capabilities
- intuitive object orientation
- natural expression of procedural code
- full modularity, supporting hierarchical packages
- exception-based error handling
- very high level dynamic data types
- extensive standard libraries and third party modules for virtually every task
- extensions and modules easily written in C, C++ (or Java for Jython, or .NET languages for IronPython)
- embeddable within applications as a scripting interface
Why switch from Visual Basic?
- Runs on multiple operating systems
- Better syntax
- More powerful
- Doesn't waste time creating GUI
Why Switch from C++?
- Python has simpler syntax
- What takes you a hour to make in python, can take you days to make in c++
- Does not need to be compiled
How Do I Make the Switch?
Sources
- http://vb2py.sourceforge.net/
- http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
- http://docs.python.org/download/
- http://python.org/about/
RE: Why Switch to Python? - Fallen - 11-08-2009
You dont know the meaning of most of those words nevets lol
RE: Why Switch to Python? - nevets04 - 11-08-2009
(11-08-2009, 07:42 PM)Fallen Wrote: You dont know the meaning of most of those words nevets lol
In the about section that I took from python.org/about, I had to look up a lot of words
RE: Why Switch to Python? - Gaijin - 11-08-2009
Yes ok, that's nice.
But as much as Python is running on every system, most beginners have problems of making an .exe for win with py2exe and without that a user needs python installed in order to run it.
Overall this are nice words.
RE: Why Switch to Python? - nevets04 - 11-08-2009
(11-08-2009, 07:46 PM)Master of The Universe Wrote: Yes ok, that's nice.
But as much as Python is running on every system, most beginners have problems of making an .exe for win with py2exe and without that a user needs python installed in order to run it.
Overall this are nice words.
When I said it can run a most os's, I didn't mean after compiling it, I just meant that most os's can run python scripts, because most os's are able to install python.
RE: Why Switch to Python? - Fallen - 11-08-2009
GUI2exe makes Python *compiling quite easy
*There is no such thing as compiling python files in the since of making a pure PE file out of a Python script alone. Py2exe and similar applications wrap a python script around the binary and necessary modules etc