On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 10:07:45PM -0700, Stewart Stremler wrote:
> begin  quoting Tracy R Reed as of Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 07:39:59PM -0700:
> > Gabriel Sechan wrote:
> > > Until you start buying my hardware for me, performance does matter, and 
> > > C/C++ is the correct language to use- for everything.  The correct answer 
> > > is
> > > to use a tool to layout the UI elements, and have it create the C code to 
> > > place the elements.
> 
> Ugh. I guess I've been spoiled by TCL/TK and Java -- layout-with-a-tool
> is just so annoying.  (Yes, I don't care for ProjectBuilder.)

http://spectcl.sourceforge.net/

Really quite nice. I believe it has perl and Python output versions,
too.

> 
> > But you would be unable to tell the difference in performance between a
> > GUI written in C/C++ vs a GUI written in Python. What you would notice
> > is bugs and higher cost due to more developer time needed. Since there
> > is no noticeable performance difference why would you want the GUI coded
> > in C/C++?
> 
> For the core dumps?
> 

Yup. I print 'em on fanfold and read 'em with a ruler. What fun!

Actually, Active State makes really good debuggers for the scripting
languages. Tcl/Tk has an OSS version that more than satisfies my needs
(I usually don't need more than a couple of prints and some thought,
which is the hard part).

Most of the time when I can't make something work, it's because I don't
understand the command I'm trying to use. I have to ask a mailing list,
the sooner the better. But that's true of every programming language I
know of.

http://www.activestate.com, but they're not responding this morning.

-- 
Lan Barnes
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist     
Tcl/Tk Enthusiast 

People who govern in the name of God attribute their own personal
preferences to God, and therefore recognize no limit in imposing those
preferences on other people.
              - Justice Douglas Johnstone, Alabama Supreme Court

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