Home/ Questions/Q 553981
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-13T11:39:42+00:00

So I’m aware of the big ammount of general-purpose scripting languages like Ruby, Python,

  • 0

So I’m aware of the big ammount of general-purpose scripting languages like Ruby, Python, Perl, maybe even PHP, etc. that actually claim being usable for creating desktop applications too.

I think my question can be answered clearly

  • Are there actually companies using a special scripting language only to create their applications?

  • Are there any real advantages on creating a product in a language like Python only?

  • I’m not talking about the viability of those languages for web-development!

  • Should I stick with C(++) for desktop apps?

best regards,
lamas

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Python (combined with PyQt) is a very solid combination for GUI desktop applications (note that while QT is LGPL, PyQt (the Python bindings) is dual licensed: GPL or commercial).

    It offers the same (GUI library-wise) as Qt on C++ but with Python’s specific strenghts. I’ll list some of the more obvious ones:

    • rapid prototyping
    • extremely readable (hence maintainable) code

    Should I stick with C(++) for desktop apps?

    In general: no, unless you want to / need to (for a specific reason).

    • 0