Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'languages.': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language,': 0.12; 'language.': 0.14; '3:51': 0.16; 'latter,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:GUI': 0.16; 'subject:programming': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'apps': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'fit': 0.20; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'mon,': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'michael': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'compared': 0.30; 'dec': 0.30; 'subject:please': 0.30; 'especially': 0.30; 'too.': 0.31; 'factor': 0.31; "can't": 0.35; 'done.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'done': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'our': 0.64; 'great': 0.65; '100+': 0.68; 'overall': 0.69; 'subject:want': 0.91; 'subject:answer': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: GUI:-please answer want to learn GUI programming in python , how should i proceed. Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:42:58 +0000 References: <9f5d28ce-504d-40db-baa2-ff3699ab05c7@googlegroups.com> <52AE4A86.8040402@arcor.de> <52AE86E5.70409@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-24-216-192.ppp.as43234.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387186992 news.xs4all.nl 2933 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58498 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62033 On 16/12/2013 05:08, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: >> I think Python is a great overall application development language, >> especially for the GUI. First-class functions for callbacks make it >> very nice compared to other languages. Python is fast enough for >> full-blown apps too. Slow parts can be factored out to other languages. > > Python is sooooooo slow when it waits for the human. That pesky > input() function can take *minutes* to return. It's terrible! Factor > that out and your job's done. > I've done the latter, but still can't fit all the data for my 100+ screens into a one liner, help please :) -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence