Language question

[Mark Widdicombe]

>From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Harris [sandyinchina at gmail.com]
>Sent: 30 October 2010 04:13

>Not to start a religious war, but I need advice on which
>language to use for an application.

>The app is language learning software. It needs to
>read text files, do a bit of parsing, present stuff on
>the screen, get user input & give feedback. Nothing
>very complex, just a general-purpose interactive
>program.

>There are some complications: The program is
>experimental and is likely to be revised a fair bit.
>Also, it needs to run on at least Linux (development
>& some students) and Windows (many students),
i>deally on Mac as well.

>My first thought is TCL, which I understand was
>designed for this sort of thing. Is that the right
>choice? What other possibilities are there?
<snip>

Have a look at Python.  With your skills, he learning curve will be shallow; it does
everything you want, and it's multi-platform.

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