On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Fredrik Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis Tabbal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz wrote: >> >> Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have >> C++/QT versions running on my phone. >> >> I really don't understand the sentiment there. If the app works well and gets > the job done, why does it matter what language it's written in or what widget > toolkit it uses? > > Language DOES matter. We use English on this list. I doubt that 50 % of those > involved and interested in this wonderful project have English as their mother > tounge.
Programming language. :) Openmoko's new software stack is language agnostic. A Python app works cleanly with a C++, for instance. > > We're all just interacting with and describing the same physical world, yet > there are so many different ways to go about it and, basically, people tend to > not be as fluent in more than one or two languages. Hence, if you want people > to > get up to speed and act "naturally" with as few obstacles as possible in the > way > - then you'll want to choose language(s)/environment used carefully. > > My two euro cents. > > / Fredrik > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
