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Python is the new VB

Not if you are trying to create a GUI.

I've enjoyed several Python programs over the years that had a nice Windows GUI interface

https://wiki.python.org/moin/GuiProgramming

Me too. But it just was never enjoyable creating those UIs. I have tried almost all of them. The closest Python had to VB was Boa Constructor. It never really took off.

https://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/Screenshots/

Python is light years ahead of VB6 in productivity in scripting, except when it comes to putting together a quick database frontend or just any other GUI app. My favorite was Delphi over VB. Nothing ever came close in Python in GUI building, even 25 years later.

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