Python good for translating GUI built in Java?

[Alan Daniels]

On 13 Mar 2000 13:24:55 -0800, the infinitely wise Matthew L. Ginsberg
(ginsberg at once.cirl.uoregon.edu) spoke forth to us, saying...

>I've got a GUI application currently written in Java; it's about 16000
>lines.  It does a reasonable amount of computation, but Java is such a
>badly supported language that I'm thinking about porting it to
>something else.  Any language I use should be supported in both
>Windows (where my customers are) and linux (where I am).  It needs to
>be reasonably fast, and reasonably good at all the usual windows
>things -- file selection dialogs, popup menus, image manipulation, etc
>etc.

Another choice you should look at for a Python GUI is 'wxPython',
available at:
    http://alldunn.com/wxPython
This is a Python wrapper for 'wxWindows', a C++ GUI library which is
cross-platform between Win32 and GTK. I've found it very enjoyable to
use (and easier than Tkinter), and portability between Windows and
Linux is *flawless*. Also, its coverage of various widget types is
very thorough. You should take a look at it before deciding.

BTW, just curious: What is it in Java that you find "badly supported"?
I have my own compliants about Java, but lack of APIs or 3rd-party
support aren't among them.

Then-again-Python-has-a-%-sprintf-operator-and-Java-doesn'tly yours,
Alan.

-- 
=======================
Alan Daniels
daniels at mindspring.com
daniels at cc.gatech.edu