Python versus VB

[Simon Foster]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 01:50:24 -0800, "Michael Geary"
<Mike at DeleteThis.Geary.com> wrote:

>> >I am meeting with a potential client next week to
>> >discuss starting a new project.  His preference is for
>> >VB whereas I would prefer Python for obvious reasons ;-)
>> >
>> >Could anybody come up with a short list of the pros and
>> >cons of the two languages (I am not terribly familiar
>> >with the strengths/weaknesses of VB).  This will be a
>> >general-purpose text-processing type application with no
>> >GUI required.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for their comments,  I think that should
>> give me enough to be going on with.
>
>Just to add one more comment...
>
>I was one of the original authors of VB, and *I* wouldn't use VB for a text
>processing program. :-)
>
>There's one exception: For a program that had to run as a Word or Excel
>macro, then sure, I'd consider using VBA. But for a standalone program, no
>way!
>
>-Mike
>

That should just about clinch it!!

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Simon Foster
Somewhere in the West of England