Wx is relatively new, Tk has been around a long time and is well supported and stable.

The lack of layout design tools for Tk does make it somewhat harder to get a really good looking interface. I have just finished a new application using Perl/Tk. I used Tk for several reasons.

• It has a richer collection of widgets at the moment
• There is at least one good book out on Perl/Tk.
• In Tk it is very easy to build mega-widgets of your own.
• A mega-widget can be a complete re-usable interface in its own right.
• Lots of folks here in the monastery are familiar with TK and can help.

Now Wx is nice! I looked at it, and I will look at it again. I will also look at Prima - yet another GUI toolkit for Perl. As always in this wonderful Perl culture - TIMTOWTDI. And lastly, for some of us, Tk is what is available to us. In many sites where Iwork I am restricted to either CPAN on Linux or Activestate PPM's for Windows. There are no PPM packages for the Wx environment.

jdtoronto

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