Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: paul.hermeneutic@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Considering migrating to Python from Visual Basic 6 for engineering applications Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:18:51 -0700 Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <90cc50d2-1ce5-4588-9bfd-a49d439f00dd@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de M4TTEifO095KLWHMNRQ/DAxUrK8IJZcQnhhAaLIodEFw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.013 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; '"if': 0.09; "ain't": 0.09; 'subject:Visual': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'wed,': 0.15; 'subject: \n ': 0.15; '2016': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'python?': 0.18; 'language': 0.19; 'fix': 0.21; 'code.': 0.23; 'feb': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'it."': 0.29; 'task': 0.30; 'run': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'too': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'lines': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'anything': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'why': 0.39; 'subject:from': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'from:no real name:2**0': 0.60; 'kindly': 0.64; 'advantages': 0.72; '20000': 0.84; 'slow?': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=VIBFswtawdc7S6qTg8dT0tJg8KkDln6BNzpfa3zNR2M=; b=aVnyCxDrUTnfPp17ZAIHkjM7u2gQngJgJ8JdKKq5/pjyDXll6cxCdWY2UuaBX8Mxu7 nk7FDQfR6zomBFcpOtozArXceEmLyQoIiNgnCvuswBartk8yKxv2w84CEFcVe43f59tU GZaauKBwqkhhV1PHtq0XSflXVK+yPccdIJ0CNC8PGMskysbCfGzQN1K0ntq9LJsXVK+r 9PCwCVXjC+y3NjCxeoFvInP1mFubLdEYQm7lVKDUsD+wzraIJ8QRK4KUDZiar72LLiHI X2UXcc3yTDqsnhGg3Gx7lXiGS6bbAu9AJ4c4trDSdHv6zpPvNb24JktAd6vn6uLpfcBF B95A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=VIBFswtawdc7S6qTg8dT0tJg8KkDln6BNzpfa3zNR2M=; b=aPS+X37yn2P1nLOfmAd5QlL/q8D+BALH4jnCbIC9CG5QRtXdZWmBF8od/cM0lRTKHh te4WyHkKMpmH9LwoWOfSuthXDuumDN82EVVurZLC4jg52yGuRvuU/iCBl3/AqywpL4oM XgtoqmzS2n7ILj+5io2p5JEvBjiw1XfAbC1vqrB/IvG2IJH+PVSZBm9N3uksYSLBMn1M DopCS+BWZRrQ/jJpvTa/1NpW8az9DVvRbxIAhnrleE7MpDYZr/P8hCRrk/kYZvbwlW+W 4hXt4NN6HJKVGzMNH1Y+XvAMNU1v1gQX5T5GLndvLdzggQCEQhDGn41gq1hbQOKc5jLB akxA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOT6UG0OHYPYxoB2XqrrBPt4ZcX+PLMeE4sf0v29I3iQCyN51POgy/Nxi5/nc3YBr2WxdXaSpwbWPqtcBA== X-Received: by 10.25.23.220 with SMTP id 89mr1732851lfx.49.1455743951096; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:19:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <90cc50d2-1ce5-4588-9bfd-a49d439f00dd@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21rc2 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:103073 On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:49 PM, wrote: > Could someone kindly tell me advantages and disadvantages of Python? Or any better options? I have like 40-50 VB Forms and may be around 20000 lines of code. It will be a task to learn a new language and translate/re-write that code. Why are you looking to change from VB? Too slow? Cannot run on anything but Windows? Buggy? I, like most people here, would encourage you to learn Python 3. However, there is something to be said for "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."