I was wondering if someone knowledgeable of both Tcl and Python could suggest whether it would be a good or a bad idea to write a Python/Tk application, with the motive to rewrite the application in Tcl/Tk once completed. My reason for considering this route is that I have never written a single line of Tcl code nor coded a Tk application in the past. My motivation is the greater ease of deployment across systems that Tcl seems to offer, with Starkits and Starpacks, http://www.equi4.com/starkit.html Tcl also appears useful to learn, for writing scripts in tclsh, etc.
I've experimented with py2exe in the past, which seems fine for Windows, although I have never tried py2app, and this approach seems cumbersome. A typical GUI app is approximately 5 MB in python, distributed as a collection of files in a folder, whereas a Tcl Starpack is a compact 1 MB, distributed as a single file executable.
Sincerely,
Luis
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