https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155786

--- Comment #11 from zuebg...@sharklasers.com ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #10)
> One small addendum: the idea of zuebgirl could stem from the perception that
> support of different languages is costly for the project. No it is not; the
> architecture of the pluggable scripting machinery only requires a reasonably
> compact binding layer, allowing to use the internal published UNO API. The
> UNO API, used *universally*, is both the weak and the strong side of OOo/LO;
> and the cost of supporting the binding layers is acceptable. The xkcd
> reference and everything else is an elitist attitude, allowing OP to think
> they can disregard everyone else's needs who use the suite; and is like
> saying that every person on the planet must abandon their native language in
> favor of language X - just because it's similar to xkcd 927.

Yes, but the added cost is seen, for example, in the ports that are attempted
to JS/TS now. Fewer people are interested in them now when they can already use
them from Python, regardless of what benefits there might be.

The result is then two stagnated ecosystems.

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