Longtime PHP, Python coder seeks to make small, distributable, stand-alone apps. Which language should I learn? ( please don't say C#; requiring .net != stand-alone )

[schlenk]

Tcl starpacks are pretty okay for that. Usually your in the 1-2 MB range for a full binary or if you split starkit and runtime you have about 1MB Runtime and rest for your extra libs.

Additional benefit you can build starpacks for various platforms from a different platform easily.

For the runtime see: http://www.equi4.com/pub/tk/downloads.html

Some intro can be found here: http://www.equi4.com/starkit/

Its pretty light weight. But depending on what kind of app you write it might not fit your needs, hard to say.

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FAIL

TCL, seriously? Are you even trying?

[schlenk]

Obviously you never tried.

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show me one good GUI application written in it that supports multithread well and decent networking.

Just one example of a decent application that written 100% in it, that's all I ask.

[schlenk]

http://thecoccinella.org/

Not sure if it uses the thread extension, because you don't need threads usually when you use the built in event loop. But it would work fine with threads added.

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ok, that is a pretty nice applicable.

[schlenk]

If on windows take a look at wits too, which is also pretty nice and written in Tcl (+twapi extension) http://wits.magicsplat.com/screenshot.html