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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:

> despen@verizon.net wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
>>
>>>> have some quarrel with python or with using scripting languages
>>>> for heavy GUI apps in general ?
>>> Both :-)
>>>
>>> But its more that the sort of person who choose python, tends to
>>> be..ahem..an enthusiastic amateur
>>
>> Well, I chose Python.
>>
>> If starting programming in 1964 makes me an amateur...
>
> says nothing about it.
>
> Depends what you did in between.

I can't figure out where you are coming from.
First you make a wild generalization that you know can't
be true, then you try to defend it.

I can assure you that the term "enthusiastic amateur"
can in no way be applied to me.  I've used Python and
dozens of other languages.  I find very little fault with
Python.  I used, it, it did the job with a minimum of fuss.
I'd use it again.

And of the years from 1964 until today, I spent no more than
one of those years in management.  I didn't like it.  I've been
writing code since 1964 and I still do today and I'm well paid for it.

That's not to say the progress bar couldn't have been handled better
but changing the implementation language wouldn't do a thing to improve
the situation.