[python-win32] C# Vs Python

[Michael Foord]

James Matthews wrote:
> I am looking into IronPython however first i am going to learn .NET to 
> see what it has to offer
IronPython is a *great* way to learn .NET. Particularly via the 
interactive interpreter.

Instantiating and configuring classes is a lot simpler without all the 
C# boilerplate.

Michael Foord
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/index.shtml
>
> On 4/2/07, *Tim Roberts* < timr at probo.com <mailto:timr at probo.com>> wrote:
>
>     James Matthews wrote:
>     > Thank you Bob but does python's windows extensions really have the
>     > power of the .NET classes
>
>     It depends on what you need to do.  The .NET class library is, of
>     course, far more extensive than the Python standard library even with
>     the Win32 extensions, but for most tasks, you don't NEED the
>     vastness of
>     the CLR.
>
>     It might be interesting for you to investigate IronPython.  This is an
>     implementation of Python as a full .NET language, with access to the
>     entire Common Language Runtime.
>
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>     Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com <mailto:timr at probo.com>
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