HELP!...Google SketchUp needs a Python API

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On Nov 27, 7:40 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> r wrote:
> > On Nov 27, 6:15 pm, Terry Reedy <tjre... at udel.edu> wrote:
> >> r wrote:
> >>> Hello fellow Python Advocates!
> >>> Help me promote Python to a larger audience.
> >>> An introduction to SketchUp:
> >>> ====================
> >> There is no need to puff up Python or put down Ruby to this audience.
> >> Given how much Google uses Python as a core language, I am a bit shocked
> >> that they would release a program with Ruby and not Python bindings
> >> also.  Must be an isolated dev group.
> > thanks Terry,
> > If you read the complete post though
>
> I did
>
> > you will see that i am not trying to dog Ruby,
>
> You fooled me.  But rather than discuss what you did write, here is what
> I think you should have written that would be more effective.
>
> -----------------------------
> Google has released a program SketchUp in both free and pro editions.
> It does ... and I think it is great.  It nicely complements Blender, for
> instance.  see
> sketchup.google.com <you forget to give url>
>
> For me, however, it has one problem; the only scripting language now is
> Ruby and I would far prefer to sript it in Python.  Are there any Python
> and Sketchup user who agree and who would help me persuade the sketchup
> developers to add Python?  Does anyone have any persuasive arguments to
> suggest?
> ------------
> Short and to the point.
Thanks again Terry,
I will apologize for being too wordy, and my unintentional rough-ness
towards Ruby. Again i stress the fact that i am in no way dogging
Ruby. I am sure there are many places where Ruby out performs Python.
But IMHO i really believe that Python is easier to learn than Ruby(for
non-programmers). I quickly picked up on python and even C, but Ruby
still turns me off. (did i mention Ruby was the first language i
tried!) This is not ruby's fault, ruby may be geared more to a
proffessional programmer, which i am not. I just see that python is
perfect for scripting applications(from my point of veiw). I just
simply want to introduce others to the joy i get from using python.
And since SketchUp is for modelers NOT programmers, this may be just
what they need.
Thanks i respect everyones opinion here. Even Chris's opinion!