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On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 22:58, Tom Wesley wrote: |
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> This discussion seems to be leading towards the use of scripting (?) languages |
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> like Python and Perl, and more mentions of Python than anything else. I have |
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> to say that I like the idea of this, least of all because it will give me |
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> some ability to comment on portage and other Gentoo specifics. |
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> I like this idea, as for some reason it sounds less of a large slope to climb. |
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> If/when I get there, what are the GTK+2 and QT bindings like for Python? I'm |
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> mainly concerned about the speed and how similar it is to using C/C++ - it's |
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> quite probable that I'll want to learn either eventually. |
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GTK+-2.x Python bindings (PyGTK[1][2]) and Qt 3.x Python bindings |
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(PyQT[3]) mostly just wrap around the C (for gtk+) and C++ (for Qt) |
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library with an extension, thus actually the speed loss isn't too |
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signifact. For example in the world of wxWidgets[4] many people first |
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write the application in wxPython[5] first as the GUI can be written |
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quickly, easilly changed, no need to waste time on compiling, etc. Often |
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it stays in python too. The skeletal is done in python so to say. |
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The API function names are kept as close as possible to the C/C++ |
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couterpart so later doing it directly in C/C++ shouldn't be too hard |
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once you have the basics and have memorized the function names. Less |
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often need to look into the reference you keep under your pillow ;) |
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Often there are multiple functions in python for one function in C/C++, |
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that's because python doesn't know about function overloading. |
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Personally I started with BASIC, then Pascal, then took on C and C++. |
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And the more high-level the more I like it, thus I don't do low-level C |
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coding, only when I have to :P |
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Python is a very good language with which to start serious programming. |
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No need to worry about declaring variables, you learn doing identation |
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right due to the language, you can program interactively, you have the |
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help system right there build in, and so on. |
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References: |
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1. http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/ |
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2. http://www.pygtk.org/ |
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3. http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/ |
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4. http://www.wxwidgets.org/ |
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5. http://www.wxpython.org/ |
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With regards, |
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Mart Raudsepp |
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Project manager of wxMUD |
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E-mail: leio@××××××××.net |
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http://wxmud.sourceforge.net/ |
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