[Python-Dev] Windows 8 support (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Sep 14 22:41:49 CEST 2011

Another question is whether Python can take advantage of WinRT (the new UI framework). It should be possible, as the new APIs were designed to be used from dynamic languages, but I haven't decided if I'm crazy enough to try it.

Python doesn't do GUI on its own, so the direct answer to this question is "no, it can't take advantage of WinRT".

Of course, people might start writing Python wrappers for WinRT, possibly leading to a PyRT package. Alternatively, wxWindows might start using WinRT, which would automatically expose it to wxPython applications. Likewise, Tk might integrate support for WinRT, in which case IDLE might make use of it out of the box.

Regards, Martin

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