Python_Sightings_?

[Terry Hancock]

I fully agree that language of implementation is a valid category for users 
to consider in viewing applications.

As a *user*, I'm interested in:

  - Ease of development means better support and faster feature changes.
     (I would prefer a program implemented in python to one in C to one in
      eegads, assembler).

  - Popularity of the language means more developer base out there to listen
     to my whinging parasitic behavior.  Seriously, just as user base is a
     benefit to developers who need a test pool, a developer base is a
     benefit to users who need a pool of people willing to actually implement
     new features and fix bugs.

As a *power-user/developer*, I'm interested in:

  -  Ability to script the application. True, the author can simply embed a
      python interpreter into a C app (but then it's partly a Python app),
      but if the whole thing is in Python, I know I'm going to be able to
      do more powerful things with scripting, or even take apart the
      whole thing and use it as a library.

  -  What can I do with language X?  Working apps are success stories,
      and they will encourage me to cross the user/developer boundary
      which is What Makes Open Source Go.  (Sorry, practicing for my
      All the Way Open (TM) marketing campaign. ;-)).

On Tuesday 17 December 2002 11:16 am,  Cousin Stanley wrote:
> My current interest in such a Python Applicaton Repository
> was somewhat retrospective since I've just spent the past
> 6 or 7 months learning to program a bit of Python,
> and then realized that other than program development tools
> I hadn't actually used any Python based applications myself
> to see how they might fly on my particular machine ...

My personal top recommendations are Zope and Sketch.  Top embedded-only is 
probably Blender (Freed 2002-10/13, BTW rah! rah! rah!) and perhaps Gimp.

Sketch might be my favorite application all around.
 
http://www.zope.org
http://sketch.sourceforge.net
http://www.blender.org
http://www.gimp.org

Cheers,
Terry

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