Python vs. VB Was: Python and gaming

[Gumuz]

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"David Mitchell" <djmitchell at NOSPAM.optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 14:07:49 +0100, Gumuz wrote:
>
> > and _that's_ why i love using a combination of them!
> >
> > Delphi/Kylix & Python!
>
> VB+Python is great on Windows.  VB's GUI generation tools are top notch,
> although I don't think much of the rest of the language.  Linking the VB
> and Python parts of an application via COM is pretty trivial.  I've just
> started fooling around with Delphi as a few people have told me it'd be a
> good replacement for VB in this role, but I haven't yet done enough with
> it to comment.
>
> Is anyone aware of a similar "GUI-builder language/mechanism" that I could
> use on Linux in conjunction with Python?  I've got the free version of
> Kylix; anyone tried it in this role?  Other suggestions welcome
>
> TIA
>
> Dave M.