Jack William Bell's Journal: Is Python good enough to replace Visual Basic?

Nelson Minar thinks so. According to him Python has reached the point that you can create the same kind of quick and dirty Windows applications VB is best suited for. He has pointers to lots of good Windows Python tools.

Via Ted Leung.

Ever work with arrays in VB?

[cyranoVR]

Anything is ready to replace VB. The only thing VB ever had going for it was
1) Drag-n-drop gui (hence quick windows applications)
2)MS Office automation
3) DB programing

Now that VS.NET allows for #1 via Windows Forms (tm), there really isn't a need to program in VB anymore. #2 only matters if you are using MS Office, obviously. #3 is debatable.

Obligatory reference:
13 Ways to Loathe VB [ddj.com]

So what he's actually saying...

[johndiii]

...is that Python is bad enough to replace Visual "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code". Are Kemeny and Kurtz dead yet? :-)