Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Gerard Beekmans may have mentioned these words:
Rumors are wrong ;)
RAMdisk. Ever *swap floppies* just to compile a 4-line program? It ain't
fun. ]]
No I can't say I've ever done that. I remember floppies in general. Not
fun. Try to install an OS from floppies just to find floppy 12 of 20 is
damaged and can't be read. Great fun.
Not really intended to say much - just thought I'd "share with the
group." ;-)
Thanks for your input, Roger.
Your Python code is probably as cryptic to me as C code is to you. In
the end that can't be helped. Everybody prefers their language of choice.
I can see benefits from a scripting language in that it saves having to
recompile every time you make a change. C is kind of annoying for that.
I'm not concerned with speed penalties of scripted languages (perl and
python seem to be our two most supported choices) vs. C or C++.
I don't think we can really make a choice based on which is more
powerful. All languages get the job done. In the end it's a matter of
preference I think.
I don't mind holding a vote, but I can see it happening already:
everybody prefers their own languages and we don't get anywhere still.
Thomas, what are your thoughts on this? You said you were comfortable
with both C and Python. Any preference as to what you think the official
ALFS programs should be coded in?
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