On 25/06/07, ahmet a a <ahmetaa at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > i haven't read much about the plans of the new packaging and install system > of Solaris so this post may be a little baseless. But i was wondering what > language will be used during the implementation. There is a Linux > distribution called Pardus, they wrote their install, init and packaging > mechanism from scratch using python successfully in a relatively short time. > > You can find some details here: > http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/projects/comar/PythonInPardus.html > > here my point is not using python. name it, Java or another popular high(er) > level language, but doing this under C or shell scripts (if intended) is not > a good idea anymore for 2007 and future. What are your opinions on this? >
Actually, it is a good idea still for performance, even in 2007. Note that the new installer project has already picked out a language. High level languages are typically great for rapid prototyping, but *usually* (not always) fail for long-term maintenance (i.e. perl) *or* performance (general). -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
