On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 16:33, Preston Crawford wrote: > As a Gnome user and fan I'd prefer Gnome remained fast and unencumbered > by possible legal tangles.
This shouldn't _slow_ down Gnome. No matter how you look at it, they're compiled languages - just think about all the applications you have on your Gnome installation that aren't (Python, Bash, etc). Naturally however, being a higher level language does mean some performance decrease. But theoretically it shouldn't be a problem with modern day machines, and should be faster than run-time compile/execution. Wouldn't it be nice to compile all the python applications down to one common binary for use and sharing across multiple languages? Having Mono used as the new framework for Gnome (future, not passed) it would allow Mono/.Net to perform the task it's meant to. Join multiple languages together under a common framework so that everyone can benefit. > I don't want EITHER Java nor Mono to form the > basis of Gnome. Its not like Mono/Java would be used to actually rewrite the entire framework. It would slowly entangle itself into the gnome core so that you could write system and user level applications with them in order to gain the benefits of higher level languages. ~ Matthew _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
