Developing Commercial Applications in Python

[Richards Noah (IFR LIT MET)]

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> > Begging your pardon, but a better resource would be the brochure
available
> > (http://www.pti-us.com/PTI/company/brochures/PSSE.pdf).  It appears that
> the
> > program was probably (originally) written in C/C++ (using MFC for the
> GUI),
> > and now employs Python for adding modules and scripting support.  Very
> > interesting stuff :)
> >
> >
>
> It was actually developed in Fortran some 35 years ago.   Then migrated to
> F77.   Then added a C/C++ layer to sit ontop.   Then converted to API
based.
> Then added a Python layer on top.
>
> The only thing unfortunate is that they went with MFC on the newest
version.
> Yuck!
>

Hahaha, sounds like a party to me.  And they didn't even throw in a layer of
Lisp for good effort?  Too bad, if you ask me :)