From: Peter Cooper <peter@...>
Date: 2007-07-06T22:31:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Can you recommend a language to...

On 7/6/07, Sharon Phillips <phillipsds@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> the Pain!...'), and assuming there's no way to overcome this, can
> anyone recommend a language that:
> * has a canvas with anti-aliasing, alpha-blending and double
> buffering  (or binding to a toolkit with one)
> * is simple to distribute
> * is cross platform (*nix and Windows)
> * is not Java (I actually like Java, I'm just trying to get away from
> it)
> * graphing libraries a bonus. Don't mind writing my own.

Python. I hate to say it, especially since Ruby is my usual first
choice, but Python's bindings to libraries to do the graphical things
you mention are far more mature than those available to Rubyists.
Python is also possibly more cross-platform (in a pragmatic sense),
especially as it comes as default with many Unix variants.

Cheers,
Peter Cooper
http://www.rubyinside.com/