Hello people. I have some questions

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <XO2j7.19$Cz3.314 at pollux.casema.net>,
 "jeroen paul goudsmit" <diedanootdie at danoot.com> wrote:

>so if i got it right, python is easier then vb. Only one  thing is not easy.
>You can't just put  a control on a form. But there are special thingies in
>python who can.

What is not easy is building simple GUIs with a GUI builder (paint an 
interface, drag this control there, hook it up). Some of the GUI tool 
kits may come with a good interface builder, in which case this comment 
is outdated.

However, all the GUI tool kits allow you to build windows and forms by 
hand. That is easy to do for simple interfaces, but can get a bit 
tedious for complex interfaces.

>And i've got one more question. What's the limit of python. What can you not
>make in it. Vb stops somewere, c++ stops later. Weere stops python?
>Thank you for your fast reactions.

Things not to worry about:

Large programs are not a problem (aside from some minor weaknesses in 
Python's object model). It scales well, unlike what I've heard of Visual 
Basic.

Python is higher level than C/C++. The language is more expressive and 
offers fewer pitfalls. Hence it is easier to write reliable code in 
Python, which can be a life saver for large projects and programmer 
productivity in general. (Most languages do better than C/C++ in this 
regard because of C/C++'s reliance on pointers and manual memory 
management, and because of C++'s dreadful complexity.)

Things to worry about:

Python, like most high-level languages, is slower than C at certain 
tasks. If you can isolate a few simple subroutines that need to run 
faster you can try coding them in C and call them from Python. I think 
you will find Python fast enough for most real-world tasks on modern 
computers. As somebody else pointed out, "fast enough" is a moving 
target, and one that more and more favors high-level languages. The 
realm of problems that require C or hand-tuned assembly code is 
mercifullly shrinking every year.

Most operatings systems provide low level APIs in C/C++. Hence it will 
be easier to write a device drivers in C/C++. However, you *can* connect 
C/C++ code to Python.

-- Russell