[python-win32] Is Mark Hammond going to produce a new Python Programming on Win32 book?

[Michael Foord]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> happybrowndog wrote:
>   
>> I've had Mark's Python Programming on Win32 book for 6 years now, and 
>> it's been a constant source of information and a joy to read and possess.
>>
>> Windows has added a lot since the book hit the shelves, with the 
>> maturation of .Net, winforms and other application technologies, and a 
>> "new" OS.  There's still the old way of doing things with COM, etc.  The 
>> Ctypes package has also fleshed out to be very useful on Windows.  Then 
>> there's IronPython, and Python for .Net.
>>   
>>     
>
> Well, there's an interesting issue here.  Much of the new stuff you have 
> mentioned has nothing to do with the Python that we know and love.  .NET 
> and winforms (which is part of .NET) requires managed code, and that 
> means IronPython.  IronPython is NOT the same as Python; although the 
> language is the same, the library and the idiomatic usage are so very 
> different that it's difficult for one person to be competent in both.
>
>   

Hmmm... that hasn't been my experience. Programming IronPython with 
idiomatic Python works very well.

Michael
http://www.manning.com/foord

> Indeed, for things that are not .NET, Mark's book is still pretty much 
> current.
>
> Perhaps we'll get a book on IronPython to make it a little more 
> approachable for us CPython users.
>
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