[Dev] Any response to previous questions?

Jack Bell jackb at sff.net
Wed Oct 30 09:05:52 PST 2002


> "Kevin Altis" <altis at semi-retired.com> said:
> PythonCard is a framework that sits on top of wxPython, it is not part of
> the Chandler development. However, I expect to build some prototypes... with
> PythonCard to explore Chandler issues which can then be translated back into
> "raw" wxPython. It is just faster to whip up tests with PythonCard.

Hmm...

OK. I'll bite. Is there a reason you have to write it twice? Are there 
performance or other issues with PythonCard? If you need an extra widget not 
supported by PythonCard, is there some reason you cannot develop it with 'raw' 
wxPython and add it to PythonCard?

Or is it like the old joke about programmers finding elephants in Africa: "The 
COBOL programmers simply took a picture of an elephant and headed East. Each 
animal they came to they compared to the picture and if it wasn't an elephant 
they tossed it aside. When they came to an ocean they took one step North and 
reversed directions. The Assembly language programmers adopted the same 
strategy, but did it on their knees insisting it was more efficient that way."

Jack William Bell


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