[REBOL] Re: Antwort: Re: Eric Raymond on scripting languages
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 30-Apr-2001 15:00
Sharriff Aina wrote:
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> Petr Krenzelok wrote:
> >
> > [Sharriff--Aina--med-iq--de] wrote:
> >
> > > Same here, but I must admit, for ODBC and GUI programming iŽd rather
> use
> > > Python.
> >
> > And the reason is? ...
>
> > What GUI toolkit is default to Python?
>
> Well, the modules used in the basic Python distribution have exactly what
> I need, REBOL is for me too segregated, i.e VIEW for GUI, or CORE for CGI
> and COMMAND for MS ACCESS
OK, there is reason - View depends on X, not all server side systems have X
installed. But - what is the problem, as far as View's core is compatible with
Core? /Command 2.0 will feature even some of View parts, although not
everything is set in stone yet ...
Well, but you are right - dynamic component run-time system is a must ... Rebol
takes some 500kb and RT decides on compromises - "is it good enough to add xx
kb to executable?"
e.g. sometimes I feel I would welcome event system in Core too ... but the
feature I am looking for is probably asynchronicity/multithreading ...
> I also have the advantage of System calls,
> Database, COM and ODBC support. A mixture of REBOL and PYTHON might be to
> bothersome to manage for a simple Web application.
>
> GUI creation is well supported by Python: WxWindows, MFC, GTK+, OpenGL in
as far as you have library access, you have most of external systems available,
no?
> additon to Tk
Tk? bah ... :-)
Friendly,
-pekr-
