On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:03:01PM +0100, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > Well, first, it will be less of a decision, but rather something like survival > of the fittest. Second, compiled languages are fine for performance > critical stuff. Coding application logic in a scripting language makes > much more sense to me. At the end of the day, efficiency at creation > time can matter more than efficiency at run time. I expect this to be > an important factor in the future -- if not already.
Please! For example, the dialer logic for phone numbers has to be scriptable. How can it possibly know which numbers are long distance? What if I have a long-distance plan that works by dialing through another number and getting dialtone, but only if I'm in an area that is not long-distance to my home area code? What about how to decide whether to dial over the cell network or over VOIP (SIP or IAX), based on whether the ping I sent my VOIP provider a minute ago succeeded? All of this is going to want scripting, and that's just for the dialer app (though it may be one of the most complex sets of rules). _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
