On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Stefan de Konink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefan Keller wrote: >> Would'nt it be worthwhile to rewrite everything in a single well known >> language (like Ruby or Java)?
iirc, the only thing in a "weird" language is osmxapi which, as you point out, is written in MUMPS. the server software is mostly in ruby. osmosis, the "OSM swiss-army knife" is in java. various little libraries and tools are in C/C++. ROMA is in perl. all of these are well-known, if heterogeneous. > The reason for the rewrite to C(++) of common used tools within OSM (api > server/editor) is purely performance and not a prototype language like > Python, Ruby. Or a language that is cross platform but is memory hungry > as Java. "premature optimisation is the root of all evil" ;-) > Next to this. I don't know if you actually try to setup an API server > yourself ;) But I think you will be shocked how much time the 'official' > builds will take you ;) Yes I am biased, but also capable to setup a new > server within the download time of the planetfile ;) the instructions here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/The_Rails_Port shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to set up on a linux box and, at a minimum, requires no compilation whatsoever. the planet to mysql import takes some extra time, but that must be true of your C++ port as well. there are optional ruby and mysql libraries to improve performance, which do need to be compiled. however, they are not necessary and you can easily run a personal API without them. cheers, matt _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
