Python vs. C#

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Tue Aug 12 07:34:05 EDT 2003


"Brandon J. Van Every" wrote:
> 
> Doug Tolton wrote:
> >
> > I've used C# full time for over two years.  Finally I got disgusted
> > with it and swtiched my entire company over to Python.
> >
> > Python:
> > -Internally consistent, cleanly designed, to the point of being
> > beautiful
> > -Dynamic typing is amazing
> > -First class functions (try mimicking that in C# - ha)
> > -Tuple unpacking is a god send
> > -List types are the cats meow
> > -Dictionaries are blazingly fast
> > -using metaclasses and the magic methods gives you amazing power and
> > flexibility
> > (this is just the beginning of a long list)
> 
> In your "Python pros" list, you didn't name any kind of Windows system
> interface component at all.  What kind of Python development on Windows are
> you actually doing?

Use either ctypes or the win32all stuff... works nicely.




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