[Edu-sig] RE: [Idle-dev] IDLE "deemphasised"? Please not so...

[Arthur_Siegel@rsmi.com]

The additional significance of IDLE to me has been that it is 
a full application developed in and distributed with Python. 

Serves as a reference point for "standard" Python syntax, style,
documentation standards by the guy who should know - and
an overall proof of something or other.
 
All of which puts an additional burden on Guido.  I thought
it brave of him to put it out there.  Could be expected he'd run into 
a lot of gun-slingers challenging him to a Python syntax quickdraw.

On the other hand its great to see some movement off center.

Some combination of the Guido and VPython IDLEs - where it
looks like we're heading - seems to me an ideal soultion.

Maybe an excuse to slip VPython into the standard distro.  But
certainly that's an issue to be left fully to the side at this point.

ART




Mats Wichmann then said:
> As Guido knows, I'm certainly interested in IDLE evolving,
> because I find it a very handy learning tool - not just
> for me; like Wesley, I try to teach some Python classes
> from time to time.  There may be "better" IDEs but I'm
> not convinced I've seen one yet (for Python).  And in my
> particular situation, it HAS to be cross-platform, I'm
> not going to fuss with two different IDEs in a classroom
> situation (students get to choose Win2k or Linux).
>