Why Tcl/Tk

[Andrew Markebo]

I have seen a couple of answers to this question and I would like to
throw in an answer.. 

Basically Python and Tkinter existed before you could even think of it
on windows! What happened was that someone who needed good GUI-stuff
did Tkinter.. And it went into python..  

Later on python started to be able to compile on dos/windows, but no
tcl/tk.. 

Later on tcl/tk was ported to windows, and wee it was no big problem
getting Tkinter to work.. And it is now in everybodys (well
almost.. ok.. my) spine.. 

Meanwhile regarding GTK+ and so on, it is simple to get it into python
I think... just get a couple together and do a good job and it might
slip into the dist and get used.. 

        /Andy


/ "Janos Blazi" <jblazi at hotmail.com> wrote:
| My question has probably been discussed for ages. Why uses Python Tcl/Tk as
| de facto GUI toolkit?
| I think that both GTK+ and Qt are generally considered more powerful than
| Tcl/Tk and I was very much surprised that in fact bindings for both
| libraries exist for Python.

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