building a GUI

[Diez B. Roggisch]

stef mientki schrieb:
> Phil Thompson wrote:
>> On Sunday 23 September 2007, stef mientki wrote:
>>  
>>> Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
>>>    
>>>> stef mientki schrieb:
>>>>      
>>>>> Thomas Dybdahl Ahle wrote:
>>>>>        
>>>>>> Den Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:28:38 +0200 skrev stef mientki:
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>> yadin wrote:
>>>>>>>            
>>>>>>>> if i were up to make a GUI chich are the advantages of choosing
>>>>>>>> python over matlab or java?
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>> The best is Delphi,
>>>>>>> second is VB,
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> That sounds mostly like a personal preference :)
>>>>>>           
>>>>> Well I prefer Python ( because of it's OS-independancy and it's open
>>>>> source),
>>>>> but Python is really (still) much worse for GUI designs.
>>>>> Just compare some parameters like:
>>>>> - ease of use
>>>>> - speed of development
>>>>> - support of features
>>>>> - availability of libraries
>>>>> - documentation
>>>>>         
>>>> Sounds like PyQt for me. Best GUI-designer I know, tremendous speed in
>>>> development, giant sized lib that does all kinds of stuff & is
>>>> brilliantly designed + professional grade docus.
>>>>       
>>> Could well be,
>>> but I never looked at PyQt seriously,
>>> because of their weird license.
>>>     
>>
>> It's not weird. It's either GPL or proprietary. Your choice. That's as 
>> complicated as it gets.
>>   
> This is what I find "weird":
> == quote ==
> Trolltech's commercial license terms do not allow you to start 
> developing proprietary software using the Open Source edition.
> == end quote ==
> Stef

At least you do have the option to develop FOSS-software with it without 
prior buying it. Delpi you _have_ to by. Now what's more weird?

Diez