Dan Shafer on the joys of PyThon and Python Card. 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, Python Card has edged slowly but decidedly away from Hyper Card in some important ways. It is not accurate to describe Python Card as an attempt to recreate Hyper Card 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 Python Card 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). Python Card 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.

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