[Pythonmac-SIG] Python for Mac apps...

[Just van Rossum]

At 10:51 PM -0400 7/14/98, Gordon Worley wrote:
>Hello,
>
>	I have been using Python for a little while to do some pretty basic
>CGIs. I couldn't really find this information anywhere, but can Python be
>used for creating full-blown Mac apps that process text, save large files
>quickly, interface with the Mac toolbox, and so on.  I have really enjoyed
>Python for CGI, but I wanted to know how it stands up against Pascle and
>C/C++ for creating Mac apps.

Check the IDE for an example of performance. It uses waste as a text engine
(which is written in C) and uses many Toolbox features. Otherwise it's
entirely written in Python. It's not too graphics intensive, though. It was
noticably slower than a C/C++ app on my old Quadra, but still acceptable.
It is not noticably slower on a G3...

Just