[Python-Help] advocacy help ( Python vs VB )

[Jeff Shannon]

mike wrote:

> Courageous <jkraska at san.rr.com> wrote in message news:<9cem7uc521ni47v2mo0qiv1dfougdciqp6 at 4ax.com>...
> > While this is academic, things like this are going to come up again
> > in the future. What would really sell them is a Python which compiled
> > to CLR and gave them full access to the suite of COM/.NET objects.
> > Many "VB shops" require this. He should take a long gander at win32all
> > and make sure that it fits their need.
>
> Python.NET does exactly this. This is available from Activestate.

Python.NET *would* have done exactly this, had it ever come to fruition.  It was an experimental project,
however, that has apparently been discontinued.  While the experimental code might or might not be
available from ActiveState, I sincerely doubt that it's useful in a production environment.

Note that Python.NET is distinct from VisualPython.Net -- the former is a Python implementation that will
run in MS's .NET CLR; the latter is a Python-editing plugin for Visual Studio.Net.  The plugin is
available, and works (or so I presume, haven't tested it myself though ;) ).  The Python-for-.NET-CLR is
still vaporware.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International