Re: [SLUG] VB to Python Converter - Was OS in Schools

["Grahame M. Kelly" <gmkelly@nospam.zip.com.au>]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, Andrew Reilly wrote:
> > Perhaps I didn't make myself clear.  I am by no means saying that we
> > shouldn't do anything new.  What I am saying is that we shouldn't do
> > something just because it is new.  There is an established base of
> > companies that use VB programs, there is a need for people to support them.
> >  To remove this need yes you could recode everything under a different
> > os/language/whatever.  Is this expense, inconvenience, stress all
> > justified?  ie.  are you really going to gain anything by recoding the same
> > application from scratch?
> 
> I had the impression from the original message that the schools
> were paying for VB licences whether the computer was used as a VB
> development platform or not.  That sounds like a waste.
> 
> If that's not the case, and the VB is actually being used for
> teaching, then that's more supportable, but your argument isn't a
> convincing one.  The present needs of industry should have bugger-all
> influence on the curriculum at high school, where the emphasis
> should be on education of principles and learning techniques, rather
> than specific systems.  If you want specific systems, you can get
> that from TAFE.

IMHO what would be a really great way to go would be to develop a VBasic to
Python converter. This way users could decide which platform they really
wanted --> MS or Linux. As the decision usually defaulted to running the app
on whichever platform supported it. I know this is the case a TAFE.

 Cheers, Grahame
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