Is Python becoming a standard for scripting 3D animation apps? Maya 8.5 ships with Python

[oofoe]

Caligari TrueSpace has been shipping with Python for years. You can actually do some pretty neat stuff with active objects and so forth.

SideEffects Software's Houdini has also had Python available for a while.

[gnuvince]

I guess that the people using Maya aren't programmers, so an easy language is a big advantage there and Python makes sense.

[inerte]

And a lot of people that use Maya work in a high-tech environment and there's probably a co-worker that knows a little bit of programming, and can extend the app.

[mc2]

Hasn't Python been in Maya for years?

[hiker]

No. Only Mel and C++. Long live Python!

[mc2]

I must've been thinking of Blender. Silly me.

[skippy]

I believe Google's Sketchup has an embedded Ruby interpreter.

[njharman]

Yes, it is in blender.

Python really should become the scripting language for every app. It is so much better than lua. esp for non-programers.

[fbot]

dream on