I used to teach Java.  Great for some purposes, but it's always had=20
performance issues, and I still feel it is this way.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On 11/5/2015 4:44 PM, John Ferrell wrote:
> Python will be supported by the Masses.
> Oracle (or whoever buys it next) does have the power to strangle JAVA.
>
> On 11/5/2015 3:59 PM, John J. McDonough wrote:
>> On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 15:23 -0500, Neil wrote:
>>
>>> So far, I'm looking at Processing, Xojo and Visual Basic.  I hear that =
I
>>> can compile Python, but it seems that the libraries, etc are strewn all
>>> over the place.  Any other recommendations?
>> A huge advantage of Python is that it is platform-agnostic, open source,
>> and mature.  The installer is all that is needed between Windows, Linux
>> and Mac.  It has a huge user base with lots of support.  And it's free.
>>
>> Processing and Xojo are relatively new with small user bases.  That
>> might not be much of an issue if the app is pretty much a throw-away,
>> but small software outfits disappear with alarming frequency.
>>
>> VB, of course, is Windows only.  Also, when it comes to moving outside
>> the database/forms realm, VB can get pretty messy.  When you say within
>> its comfort space, tho, it can be pretty fast and easy.
>>
>> You might consider Mono/C#.  I don't know how ugly making the GUI gets,
>> but M$ has gone to great lengths to make C# development fast, and I
>> presume much of that can be duplicated in Mono.  Outside Windows, tho,
>> C# is also kind of a niche player.  There is also a pretty big learning
>> hump to get over to take advantage of the productivity features.
>>
>> --McD
>>
>>

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