Re: Python versus VB

From: Jay O'Connor (joconnor_at_cybermesa.com)
Date: 10/30/03

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    On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:17:32 -0700, Simon Foster wrote:

    > I am meeting with a potential client next week to discuss starting a new
    > project. His preference is for VB whereas I would prefer Python for
    > obvious reasons ;-)
    >
    > Could anybody come up with a short list of the pros and cons of the two
    > languages (I am not terribly familiar with the strengths/weaknesses of
    > VB). This will be a general-purpose text-processing type application
    > with no GUI required.

    The inly possible use for VB would be for GUI development tools. If this
    is a no-GUI app, VB is a waste
      

    -- 
Jay O'Connor
www.cybermesa.com/~joconnor/r4hsoftware
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