Why do not do this entirely in Python ? Em Seg, 2005-07-18 às 02:00 +0200, Andreas Kostyrka escreveu: > Am Samstag, den 16.07.2005, 01:19 -0700 schrieb Luis N: > > Hi, > > > > 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. > > Well, Tcl isn't really a "language". Or if it is, it's so "trivial" that > it is usually explained without a BNF grammar. > > tclsh is basically a shell (like /bin/sh), which has been designed to be > easily extendable with C functions. Tcl had only a string data type for > most of it's life. (Other data types like integer where added only in > the last years ;) ) > > Tcl is quite "cool" as a glue language, but implementing anything beyond > 100-lines scripts is painful. > > OTOH it's certainly a good idea to learn Tcl (and it's C API). > > Andreas > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> python >>> print "http://ralobao.blogspot.com"; http://ralobao.blogspot.com >>> import sys; sys.exit(0)
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