On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Patryk Zawadzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Étienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just rewrite sticky note using Vala, you will make some users happy > > > rather than poisoning d-d-l with flames. :) > > > > Don't port sticky notes. It's so 1980s. Tomboy is teh awesome. > > > > Seriously, I am very suprised that no one from the less central > > languages has tried to port Tomboy to their suggested language of > > choice (hello, Java people?) as a proof of concept to demonstrate that > > their language is as useful as C#/Mono. > > Why would one rewrite something that works perfectly? ;)
I would presume the people working on Java, Vala, etc. feel that their language could do it better and/or with fewer legal encumbrances, so given that Tomboy is indeed completely awesome I'm surprised no one has previously tried to port it, even if the functionality is indeed perfect. > Even more seriously, language is a tool and you are free to pick the > best tool for each job. It's better to have multiple lanugages crossed > in GNOME than to use the same old hammer to put everything in place > (even if a screwdriver would do a better job). That particular issue has been discussed to death here before, so I won't get into it, but suffice to say the question is not so clear cut; look into the archives for extensive discussion why. Luis _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
