on PySol's popularity

[Harry George]

Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> 
> > On Python docs, on faq/installed.html, it's mentioned that PySol is
> > the most common Python application.
> 
> not really; that page says that installing PySol is a common way to
> get a Python installation installed without noticing, not that PySol
> is in itself the most common Python application.
> 
> and the entire python.org FAQ is horribly outdated.  we're working on
> a replacement, which is currently hosted here:
> 
> http://effbot.org/pyfaq/installed-why-is-python-installed-on-my-machine.htm
> 
> </F>
> 

A plug for PySol.

My wife is totally non-techno.  She doesn't "get" the notions of
windows, or minimize/maximize, or clicking on the icon down on the
toolbar.  But she does get PySol.  When I recently upgraded, I had to
reinstall Python2.2 in order to use the old PySol binaries (couldn't
get the build-from-source to work).

Linux and Python got a fan due to PySol. It should be considered a
cultural treasure, and if a bit of funding would help keep it rolling
into the future, that might be worthwhile.

-- 
Harry George
PLM Engineering Architecture