On Mon, November 12, 2007 3:20 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> On Mon, November 12, 2007 1:12 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: >>> Christopher Smith wrote: >>> >> >> -snip- >> >> <sitting here wondering why I got so jumped on when I idly wondered why >> MythTV (and I was picking one example) was coded entirely in C/C++ and >> not >> some scripting language supplemented by low level C/C++> >> > > I picked on you because of the complete unjustified assumption that QT > caused a segfault on your system because it was written in C++. > > And I've actually looked into that and discovered that there wasn't a > single valid segfault problem attributable to MythTV out of the 158 > references I found on the mythtv-users list for the year 2007. When you > do an actual search most of the references come about because of the > previous/next discussion thread done by the mail list. It also turns out > that Google knows that a segfault is a Segmentation Fault, which it will > also search for. > > I did discover that the ivtv drivers have caused segfaults. And that > corrupt MySQL tables can cause segfaults. And that if you manually go > around changing the libraries without matching them to the installation > you will cause segfaults, and if you do that the guy who wrote the > packages will chastise you. > > Gus >
I don't recall mentioning segfaults. I did mention freeze ups, crashes, and the like. Your response was that I was in an abusive relationship with cheap POS HW. My response was that on any given day, I can document 4 - 5 threads on MythTV Users about freeze ups, crashes, and the like, none of whom are me. QT may be the soundest library ever created. I hope it is. But C/C++ are known for giving programmers ample tools to screw themselves. I didn't say that first. Again, I never wanted to disparage the amazing job the Myth developers have done. IIRC my original remark was that they themselves rate it at release 0.20, and I wondered if a lot of the issues might have been avoided by doing the interface and control glue in a scripting language. I really want to go away now and be left alone. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
