user interface for python

[Mike Meyer]

Scott David Daniels <Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org> writes:

> Thomas Guettler wrote:
> You can write portable programs (if you test across platforms).   The
> only truly portable programs in any language are abstract.  Once you
> start dealing with I/O and the real world, you inevitably have to face
> issues one circumstance at a time.  Both Tkinter and wxPython spend a
> lot of effort in reducing the work you have to do.  Don't fool
> yourself with a manager-friendly slogan; programs must be tested to
> work.  Any I/O heavy (or threaded, or ....) application running on two
> platforms will take more work than on a single platform.  Python and
> wxPython or Tkinter, for example, _allow_ you to write portable
> programs, but they don't _guarantee_ it.


"There are no portable programs, only ported programs."

       -- John Gilmore (?)
       
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