Re: Money Program Does Linux

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:

> 	So do I, but I mentioned JPython as an option for rapid Java
> applet implementation. Besides, python *is* inherently multiplatform,
> which is nice. Specially if you use something like the wxpython (or
> something with wx, can't remember right now), where even the look of the
> interface is portable. So you only need to write code once, and it will
> work out of the box on a UN*X box, Windoze, Mac... This can be *very*
> handy, as even the GUI is portable.

You're thinking of wxWindows, which has Linux / Win / Mac bindings, but
you can't just retarget your compiler IIRC (i.e., mac progs need MW
CodeWarrior). Portable GUI apps can also be written in tclTk, you can get
wish for most platforms.. tho' the language is awful, and Pyth is better
thought of.

Cheers,

Alex.


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