(2002-04-25) b

Dan Shafer on the joys of Python and PythonCard. Python is quite simply the ideal programming language for me and those who, like me, are not full-time coders but who want robust tools when they are called on to develop software... As it has evolved, PythonCard has edged slowly but decidedly away from HyperCard in some important ways. It is not accurate to describe PythonCard as an attempt to recreate HyperCard in Python for cross-platform usage, even though that was at least a glimmer in Kevin's eye when he launched the effort more than a year ago... So PythonCard will continue to evolve and grow, maintaining at least some semblance of its ancient roots while it dresses up in cross-platform costumes, learns a much more powerful but equally accessible programming language, and carries us to a place where we can create beautiful software (as described by Yale Professor and pundit extraordinaire David Gelernter in numerous articles and books). PythonCard on OS X. I sense a new breeze blowing through my mind, clearing cobwebs and opening up vistas of software possibilities that have lain dormant during this transition period.